Vol. 33 No. 15 COMMUNICATIONS CONFIGURED BY SOCIAL MEDIA USERS TO BE PUBLIC FALL WITHIN THE LAWFUL CONSENT EXCEPTION OF THE STORED COMMUNICATION ACT, PRESUMPTIVELY PERMITTING SOCIAL MEDIA PROVIDER DISCLOSURE
Communications configured by social media users to be “public” fall within the lawful consent exception of Stored Communication Act’s section 2702(b)(3), according to the California Supreme Court unanimous ruling in Facebook, Inc. v. Superior Court of San Francisco 2018 Cal. LEXIS 3635 (Cal. May 24, 2018). The Court distinguished between a social media user’s public […]
Vol. 33 No. 14 AUTOMOBILE EXCEPTION TO FOURTH AMENDMENT WARRANT REQUIREMENT DOES NOT PERMIT SEARCH OF VEHICLE LOCATED IN CURTILAGE OF HOME
On May 29, 2018, in the case of Collins v. Virginia, 2018 U.S. LEXIS 3210 (U.S. May 29, 2018), the Supreme Court of the United States held that, the automobile exception does not permit the warrantless entry into the curtilage of a home to search a vehicle located therein. Here, the Court found the partially […]