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2024 Bills

SB 218: Better Guardrails on Law Enforcement Use of DNA

This bill establishes guardrails around the use by law enforcement of large DNA databases with private user information.

Libertas Institute Staff
| 9th Feb 2024

Privacy

Montana Tackles Facial Recognition

Fortunately, there are state lawmakers who are diligently working to erect digital safeguards to protect citizens from undue intrusion by government agencies.

David Iglesias
| 30th Jun 2023

Privacy

Privacy Month Part 4: The Digital Panopticon

Massive data collection and advanced surveillance technology enables government eyes to be in more places than ever before. But privacy matters.

David Iglesias
| 30th Jun 2023

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

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

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