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Computer Forensics, Privacy & the Law

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide if Employee Texts Are Private

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 08 January 2010

Tagged in: workplace forensics , U.S. Supreme Court , U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) , text message(s) , sexting , mobile forensics , law enforcement agents

Later this spring, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case, Ontario v. Quon, with potentially broad implications for the nation's increasingly text-addicted workforce. At issue is whether an employee has a privacy interest in the contents of personal text messages sent using employer equipment.

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Alaska Legislators Consider Ban on Sexually-Explicit Cartoons

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 12 October 2009

Tagged in: U.S. Supreme Court , U.S. Court of Appeals (4th Circuit) , legislation , hentai , child pornography , anime , Alaska

Over the weekend, the Anchorage Daily News reported that Alaska legislators are considering amending the state's child pornography law to include sexually-explicit drawings and cartoons of children. Despite some constitutional concerns raised by free speech activists, the idea has the support of Alaska House Judiciary Committee chair Jay Ramras (R-Fairbanks).

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