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              De rekening die van het de groepenlof van de privacy warrantless laptop onderzoeken in bedwang houdt
Woensdag, 8 Oktober, 2008 Door Jaikumar Vijayan | De groepen van de privacy en van burgerrechten stemmen in met de wetgeving die taaie nieuwe normen voor het leiden van onderzoeken van laptops en andere elektronische apparaten bij de V.S. voorstelt. grenzen. De geroepen wetgeving, Akte van de Bescherming van de Privacy van de Reizigers het' van 2008 , werd geïntroduceerdw vorige week door de V.S. Sens. Russ Feingold (D-WIS.) en Maria Cantwell (D-Was.), en de V.S. Rep. Adam Smith, (D-Was.). De rekening wordt gericht op in bedwang houden controversiële praktijk door de V.S. Ministerie van de ambtenaren van het Geboorteland van de Veiligheid (DHS) van het leiden onderzoeken, zonder duidelijke reden, van laptops, celtelefoons, opslaggelegenheden en andere elektronische punten die tot reizigers behoren die bij de V.S. aankomen. grenzen. De rekening Feingold, niettemin ver van het worden wet, heeft de steun van De Amerikaanse Burgerlijke Unie van Vrijheden en Vereniging van de Collectieve Uitvoerende macht van de Reis (ACTE), allebei van wat sterk aan de DHS grensonderzoeken zijn verzet. Feingold, in een verklaring, zei de rekening werd geïntroduceerdl in antwoord op een beleid DHS aangekondigd 16 Juli dat douanebeambten bij de V.S. toestaat. grenzen om laptops van reizigers te grijpen zonder een reden te geven. DHS beleid staat agenten toe om gegrepen laptops voor een niet gespecificeerde periode te behouden terwijl de inhoud wordt gezocht en geanalyseerd zelfs als er geen geïndividualiseerdet verdenking was om het onderzoek teweeg te brengen. DHS heeft gedebatteerd dat het de capaciteit vergt om dergelijke onderzoeken te leiden om grensveiligheid te verzekeren. In de weinig instanties waar de kwestie naar hof is gegaan, hebben de besluiten geneigd om' goed te keuren mening DHS. In April, bijvoorbeeld, besliste het U.S Hof van Beroep op de Negende Kring dat douaneambtenaren vereis geen redelijke verdenking om door de inhoud van laptop van een individu bij de grenzen van het land te zoeken. Bij het aankomen bij zijn besluit, merkte het hof op dat de onderzoeken van gesloten containers, zoals aktentassen en portefeuilles, lang bij de V.S. zijn toegestaan. grenzen en besloten dat de computers geen verschillend van dergelijke containers waren. Op dezelfde manier Het vierde Hof van de Kring van Beroep bevestigde ook de geldigheid van de waarborg-minder onderzoeken bij de V.S. grenzen zeggen die dat het vereisen van waarborgen een „onuitvoerbare norm“ aan grensagenten zou opleggen. Announcing his bill last week, Feingold noted that most Americans would likely be “shocked” to know that the contents of their laptops, including personal documents, e-mails, photographs and browsing histories, would be liable to such searches without cause. The bill would bring the government’s border search practices “back in line with the reasonable expectations of law-abiding Americans,” he said. Feingold’s bill spells out standards for search and seizures of electronic equipment belonging to U.S. travelers at airports and other borders. The biggest condition is that such searches may be initiated only if the customs agent has “reasonable suspicion” that the traveler is carrying contraband or items otherwise prohibited in the country, or because the traveler is prohibited from entering the U.S. The equipment may be seized only if the DHS secretary, or a relevant federal or state law enforcement agency, obtains a probable-cause warrant on the belief that the equipment contains information that either violates a law, provides evidence of illegal activity or is foreign intelligence material. The bill also spells out specific procedures to be followed during such searches, including the need for supervisory approval and the specific nature and basis for the suspicion. It would require customs agents to allow the traveler to be present when the search is conducted and mandates that such searches must be done by a minimum of two customs agents at all times. The bill would also restrict the search to only the specific documents, files or other storage media that could reasonably contain the information that triggered the search. It would also require customs agents to maintain complete records of all such searches. The bill also lists similar requirements for all such seizures. In a statement last week, the ACLU’s Washington office said the bill will ensure that individual privacy rights as well as national security interests are protected. The statement noted that laptops, cell phones and other electronic devices that store personal information can’t be breached “under the guise of border security.” In an interview with Computerworld, Timothy Sparapani, the ACLU’s senior legislative counsel, said the bill was “critically important” to curbing the warrantless searches. “The customs and border protection division is acting as if the border was some sort of lawless Wild West zone that is only theirs to police with laws they have written and only they can enforce,” Sparpani said. “Nothing can be further from the truth.” Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center, said Feingold’s proposal deals “with a real problem.” “The view of the DHS is that it has the right to search a laptop without any indication of probable cause or criminal conduct. That is authority that really needs to be regulated by someone,” he said. The ACTE noted that the bill introduces a “much higher and necessary” standard for laptop searches at U.S. borders. The bill seeks to ensure that such searches are subject to a formal judicial process by requiring the DHS to obtain warrants beforehand, the ACTE statement noted. “It puts an end to the indiscriminate ransacking of data. It allows the traveler to witness the process, and it limits the time officials can hold a traveler’s hardware,” ACTE Executive Director Susan Gurley said in the statement. Feingold’s proposal comes at a time of growing concern over the searches of laptops and electronic devices at U.S. borders. There are no hard numbers available for the searches that the DHS has conducted of traveler’s laptops and electronic devices at U.S. borders. While the agency has contended the instances of such searches are few and far between, groups such as the ACTE and ACLU claim that they have been increasing sharply both in number and scope. Groups such as the ACTE and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have warned travelers that such searches could result in personal and business data being breached. Have Your Say: Privacy groups praise bill curbing warrantless laptop searches Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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