VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
www.eff.org VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
In a landmark ruling, a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant. Congress should uphold its responsibility to protect civil rights and civil liberties by refusing to renew Secti...
the government has claimed that law enforcement agencies do not need a warrant to sift through [previously collected data]. EFF argued for over a decade that this is unconstitutional, and now a federal court agrees with us.
