law enforcement

Police Can Seize And Sell Assets Even When The Owner Broke No Law

7:03pm November 10, 2014

by Laura Sullivan

Civil asset forfeiture rules say all that matters is that the car or house or cash was used by somebody in a crime. Challenging the seizure is often too costly to be worth it.

Apple, which unveiled iOS 8 at June's Worldwide Developers Conference, says it will be technologically unfeasible for police to extract data from its new operating system.

National

Apple: iOS 8 Prevents Cooperation With Police Unlocking Requests

5:16pm September 18, 2014

by Elise Hu

In the rollout of its new mobile operating system, Apple says it has made it technically impossible for the company to unlock phone data, even in response to a law enforcement warrant.

Cell towers are constantly tracking the location of mobile phones. And that data, federal courts have ruled, is not constitutionally protected.

National

Who Has The Right To Know Where Your Phone Has Been?

7:49am October 30, 2013

by Larry Abramson

Law enforcement agencies across the country subpoena cellphone location data regularly. But civil liberties groups hope a series of state-level legal victories will usher in stronger protections for that often-revealing digital information.

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