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Your Life As An Open Book: Has Technology Rendered Personal Privacy Virtually Obsolete?, Sandra Byrd Peterson Dec 1995

Your Life As An Open Book: Has Technology Rendered Personal Privacy Virtually Obsolete?, Sandra Byrd Peterson

Federal Communications Law Journal

As society becomes increasingly automated, the ability of individuals to protect their "information privacy" is practically nonexistent. Information that was once kept on paper in filing cabinets is now on-line in computer databases. At the touch of a computer key, a complete stranger can conveniently access and compile from a variety of different sources a dossier of intimate, personal information about people without their knowledge. Perhaps more shocking is the current lack of legal recourse available to contest the nonconsensual use of personal data.
In this Note, the Author examines the currently loose constitutional and common-law protections and suggests strategies …


Dangerous Misperceptions: Protecting Police Officers, Society, And The Fourth Amendment Right To Personal Security, Kathryn R. Urbonya Apr 1995

Dangerous Misperceptions: Protecting Police Officers, Society, And The Fourth Amendment Right To Personal Security, Kathryn R. Urbonya

Faculty Publications

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The Fourth Amendment Protection Against Unreasonable Searches And Seizures And The French Experience, Florence Sophie Boreil Jan 1995

The Fourth Amendment Protection Against Unreasonable Searches And Seizures And The French Experience, Florence Sophie Boreil

LLM Theses and Essays

Under the American approach to criminal justice, freedom of the individual is of the utmost importance. The American criminal justice system reflects a distrust of abuse of power and an emphasis on protection of personal freedom. However, the French take a contrary approach; under French law, freedom is achieved through the State. This paper examines the protection of individuals’ rights in American and French criminal procedure. Focus will be given to tracking the police investigatory powers in each country through searches and seizures, and the impact that those powers have on individuals’ rights. This paper will assert that the police …


Search & Seizure Jan 1995

Search & Seizure

Touro Law Review

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Search & Seizure Jan 1995

Search & Seizure

Touro Law Review

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Section 1983 Litigation, Martin A. Schwartz Jan 1995

Section 1983 Litigation, Martin A. Schwartz

Touro Law Review

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Search & Seizure Jan 1995

Search & Seizure

Touro Law Review

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Search & Seizure Jan 1995

Search & Seizure

Touro Law Review

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Search & Seizure Jan 1995

Search & Seizure

Touro Law Review

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Search & Seizure Jan 1995

Search & Seizure

Touro Law Review

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Search & Seizure Jan 1995

Search & Seizure

Touro Law Review

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Search & Seizure Jan 1995

Search & Seizure

Touro Law Review

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Mandatory Non-Anonymous Testing Of Newborns For Hiv: Should It Ever Be Allowed, 27 J. Marshall L. Rev. 373 (1994), Jean R. Sternlight Jan 1995

Mandatory Non-Anonymous Testing Of Newborns For Hiv: Should It Ever Be Allowed, 27 J. Marshall L. Rev. 373 (1994), Jean R. Sternlight

UIC Law Review

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Search & Seizure Jan 1995

Search & Seizure

Touro Law Review

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Search & Seizure Jan 1995

Search & Seizure

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.