Interestingly, “remote computing services” are not mentioned in this section. Instead, only “wire or electronic communication service provider[s]” must provide “subscriber information and toll billing records information, or electronic communication transaction records” upon proper certification by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Retention of transactional Web browsing data
The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years.
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Access to federal court records gets less free
I had always hoped that PACER--which I hear runs a surplus anyway--would trend downward in price as the cost of delivering electronic access decreases. Instead comes the news that the price will rise by 25%, from 8 to 10 cents per page.
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FBI "technically violated" wiretap laws for years
FBI general counsel Valerie Caproni said in an interview Monday that the FBI technically violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act when agents invoked nonexistent emergencies to collect records.
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Texas effectively denies open access to state law
A recent change to the Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure gives "memorandum" opinions full precedential value - but those opinions are currently only accessible through the very expensive Westlaw or LexisNexis.
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The long-forgotten "mere evidence" rule
The "mere evidence" rule, forbidding searches for documents that were themselves not “instrumentalities” crimes (or contraband themselves) lasted well into the twentieth century before being abandoned. So why were telegrams never explicitly covered by the rule?
Post title: 18 U.S.C. § 2709. Counterintelligence access to telephone toll and transactional records (Part VII)
Authored by: krisnelson
Date posted: Apr 22, 2007
Categorized as: law • search and seizure • technology
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