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Supreme Court: Warrants Are Generally Needed to Collect Cellphone Location Data

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“The Constitution must take account of vast technological changes, Chief Justice Roberts wrote, noting that digital data can provide a comprehensive, detailed — and intrusive — overview of private affairs that would have been impossible to imagine not long ago.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/us/politics/supreme-court-warrants-cell-phone-privacy.html

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Patients Without Borders: The Rise of Medical Tourism

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“In the five years that Hickory Springs Manufacturing has begun offering to send its employees abroad for medical treatment, the company has saved over $10 million on health care costs.”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/patients-without-borders-the-rise-of-medical-tourism/

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Supreme Court rules that states can shake down out-of-state online sellers

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“The ruling is likely to lead states to try to collect sales tax on purchases from out-of-state online businesses more aggressively.”

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/21/supreme-court-rules-that-states-can-force-online-shoppers-to-pay-sales-tax.html

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Lawsuit: Multi-state voter registration database exposed partial SSNs

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“The program is aimed at cleaning voter records and preventing voter fraud but has drawn criticism for its high error rate and lax security.”

Read more: https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Lawsuit-claims-Kansas-official-exposed-private-13007137.php

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FBI Won’t Reveal Extent of Illegal “Geek Squad” Spying

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“The FBI trained Geek Squad employees to go snooping around customers’ computers looking for a crime.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybell.com/all-articles/news-analysis/fbi-uses-geek-squad-for-illegal-spying/

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State Dept. Wants All Visa Applicants To Provide Their Social Media Information

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“This appears to be an expansion of a 2017 program that sought social media information only from a subset of initially suspicious visa applicants.”

Read more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/state-dept-wants-expand-social-media-collection-all-visa-applicants

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Amazon-owned Whole Foods ‘temporarily’ halts GMO labeling program

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“Five years ago, Whole Foods first announced its plans to adopt stringent mandatory labeling on products containing GMOs by 2018.”

Read more: https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/whole-foods-halts-plan-to-require-mandatory-gmo-labeling.amp

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Inspector general’s report on FBI and Clinton’s emails shows secrecy threatens democracy

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“Few commentators are recognizing the vast peril to democracy posed by the sweeping prerogatives of federal agencies.”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/15/inspector-general-report-clinton-emails-secrecy-column/704890002/

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India to Intensify Scrutiny of Citizens’ Social Media, Emails

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“India’s government is looking for a company to analyze social media posts to help boost nationalism and neutralize any ‘media blitzkrieg by India’s adversaries.'”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-29/india-wants-a-new-media-command-room-to-help-boost-nationalism

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Switzerland’s ‘Crypto Valley’ Set To Test Blockchain Voting

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“Residents of the Swiss city, Zug, will use the city’s eID system to vote using their smartphones this month as part of a blockchain based voting test.”

Read more: https://www.ccn.com/switzerlands-crypto-valley-set-to-test-blockchain-voting/

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