data privacy

Defining State Action in a Sea of Bureaucracy

Many legal principles impact the daily lives of Americans. The state action and third-party doctrines play an influential role in determining how easy it is for the government to access an individual’s digital data.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 19th Aug 2022

Op-Eds

What Is the Scope of a Warrant?

Trust cannot be built without clarity, but when law enforcement meets rapid technological innovation, confusion abounds.

Leslie Corbly
| 18th Aug 2022

Privacy

Ring Reveals Our Current Privacy Problem

Recent revelations that have landed Ring—a residential, visual doorbell service—in hot water reveal the need for legislative and cultural change to protect individual privacy rights.

Leslie Corbly
| 15th Jul 2022

Justice and Due Process

Geofences Aren’t the Only Reverse Warrants

Reverse search warrants are requests made by law enforcement to a technology company seeking caches of data that could be relevant to a criminal investigation.

Leslie Corbly
| 1st Jul 2022

Op-Eds

Latest CIA revelations show clear need for privacy protections

The erosion of individual privacy rights within federal law enforcement agencies directly correlates with the rise of unchecked agency power, particularly in the realm of national security agencies such as the CIA and, post-9/11, the National Security Agency.

Leslie Corbly
| 28th Mar 2022