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"Mosaic Theory" And Megan's Laws, Wayne A. Logan
"Mosaic Theory" And Megan's Laws, Wayne A. Logan
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This essay urges reexamination of the privacy implications of registration and community notification (RCN) laws, commonly known as Megan’s Laws. Applying the analytic construct recently employed by the D.C. Circuit in United States v. Maynard to conclude that extended use of a GPS tracking device constitutes a search for Fourth Amendment purposes, the essay argues that the collection and aggregation of registrant data entailed in RCN implicates a protectable Fourteenth Amendment privacy interest. In both contexts, the government collects nominally public data – in Maynard, car travel, with RCN, registrants’ home/work/school addresses, physical traits, etc. – and creates an informational …
Megan's Laws As A Case Study In Political Stasis, Wayne A. Logan
Megan's Laws As A Case Study In Political Stasis, Wayne A. Logan
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