Privacy

This week marks the ten year anniversary of Edward Snowden blowing the whistle on the many crimes and abuses by the U.S. intelligence community.
Although a Supreme Court ruling is not imminent, the dangers associated with data collection raised by the mosaic theory should give policy makers reason to strengthen — not weaken — guardrails surrounding the acquisition and use of this data.
A recent lawsuit reveals the problems that arise from the unholy union between technology firms and government actors.
Yet again, the public is being asked to trade privacy for safety. This time, truckers are in the midst of the controversy, sparked by a proposed rule creating a digital tracking system for commercial truckers that may further stress the nation’s already weak supply chains. 
s our lives become more connected to the digital world with exciting new technologies, it’s crucial that our civil liberties are uploaded with us. Over the last decade, a handful of states have made important legislative changes with this end in mind.
The passage of C-48 means Montana is now the third state to pass constitutional protections for privacy in digital data.

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