Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was enacted in 2008 to authorize government collection of communications from non-U.S. persons located abroad.
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.
State legislation designed to curb privacy abuses are gaining traction. Utah has passed statutes designed to undercut privacy abuses; one such reform prevents law enforcement from obtaining someone’s electronic data without a warrant.
