CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS PUSH COURTS TO LIMIT AIRPORT SEARCHES OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES
June 1st, 2018
CIVIL rights groups in the United States have been making progress in securing court rulings hindering customs and border security agents from searching electronic devices at international borders, including airports.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and others, have been seeking to leverage the 2014 Supreme Court ‘US v Riley’ judgement, which said police must obtain a warrant to search mobile phones of arrested people - https://www.eff.org/document/riley-wurie-supreme-court-opinions
“Travellers at the border ...
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