Limits on the Private Sector after US v Jones

Three great articles by Robert Gellman on location privacy, on First Amendment & Fourth Amendment issues in the US Supreme Court’s GPS Tracking case (US v. Jones), and on the complexities of legislating privacy after US v Jones — in the Communia Blog of the Woodrow Wilson Center‘s Commons Lab.

• Legislating Privacy after US v Jones: Can Congress Limit Government Use of New Surveillance Technologies?
• Nader, Onassis, and Jones: Privacy in Public and Limits on the Private Sector 
• Location Privacy: Is Privacy in Public a Contradiction in Terms?

Robert Gellman, JD is a privacy and information policy consultant in Washington, D.C. He served for 17 years on the staff of a subcommittee in the House of Representatives. He can be reached at bob [at] bobgellman. [dot] com or visit his website at http://www.bobgellman.com/.

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