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Entries from July 2007

Court Declines to Force Agency to Release Public Records in Electronic Format

July 16th, 2007 · No Comments

The Olympian Online reports in an opinion piece dated July 9, 2007, that Thurston County Superior Court Judge Christine Pomeroy ruled that the Washington State Department of Corrections was not obligated to release public records in electronic format, despite the electronic records being in the agency’s possession. The issue before this judge was whether the [...]

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Tags: News · Washington · states

No Search Warrant Necessary for Computer Surveillance ?

July 16th, 2007 · No Comments

An NC Times.com article dated July 10, 2007 reports that a federal appeals court has ruled in a drug case that it is not necessary for law enforcement officials to have a search warrant to conduct computer surveillance for monitoring web site usage and email activity. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision marks [...]

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Tags: News · federal