privacy

Montana’s Frontier Institute proved instrumental in ushering both of these bills through their state legislature. As a result of Frontier’s hard work, Montana joins a handful of other states extending privacy protections to digital data and communications.
Banjo was merely a side-effect of a much larger problem.
While some might argue that the courts should later decide the appropriate balance between law enforcement's interest and personal privacy, courts have been inconsistent in their rulings, and it could take years to get a solution — if the technology is even discovered and challenged. It's up to the states to actively protect individuals' civil liberties.
This bill attempts to increase transparency regarding government's collection of individuals' personal data.
This bill requires law enforcement to have a particular suspect before proceeding with a reverse location or keyword search warrant.
This bill requires law enforcement to proactively seek public input on surveillance technologies they wish to use.

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