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Court Rules Government Can’t Search Your Phone At the Airport For No Reason
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1635" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/a35pab/court-rules-government-cant-search-your-phone-at-the-airport-for-no-reason" target="_blank"><strong>Court Rules Government Can’t Search Your Phone At the Airport For No Reason - Vice</strong></a></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The ruling is a significant win for privacy rights of Americans and tourists traveling to the United States.</strong></p><p></p><p>A federal court in Boston has ruled that US government agents cannot search travelers’ electronic devices at the border without reasonable suspicion, marking a significant win for privacy rights.</p><p> </p><p>The US District Court of Massachusetts <a href="https://www.eff.org/document/alasaad-v-nielsen-summary-judgment-order" target="_blank">issued an order</a> on Tuesday, ruling that agents need specific and individual suspicion of illegal contraband to search a traveler’s phone, laptop, or other digital device. US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have long argued that <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qkvmvq/you-have-no-right-to-electronic-privacy-when-you-cross-the-us-border" target="_blank">there are no Fourth Amendment protections for travelers at the border</a>, meaning agents can search the contents of laptops or phones without having to get a warrant, or even justify it with specific suspicions of wrongdoing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1635, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/a35pab/court-rules-government-cant-search-your-phone-at-the-airport-for-no-reason'][B]Court Rules Government Can’t Search Your Phone At the Airport For No Reason - Vice[/B][/URL] [B] The ruling is a significant win for privacy rights of Americans and tourists traveling to the United States.[/B] A federal court in Boston has ruled that US government agents cannot search travelers’ electronic devices at the border without reasonable suspicion, marking a significant win for privacy rights. The US District Court of Massachusetts [URL='https://www.eff.org/document/alasaad-v-nielsen-summary-judgment-order']issued an order[/URL] on Tuesday, ruling that agents need specific and individual suspicion of illegal contraband to search a traveler’s phone, laptop, or other digital device. US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have long argued that [URL='https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qkvmvq/you-have-no-right-to-electronic-privacy-when-you-cross-the-us-border']there are no Fourth Amendment protections for travelers at the border[/URL], meaning agents can search the contents of laptops or phones without having to get a warrant, or even justify it with specific suspicions of wrongdoing. [/QUOTE]
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