{"id":30833,"date":"2017-12-22T05:36:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T10:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=30833"},"modified":"2017-12-22T06:30:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T11:30:03","slug":"wy-recognizes-invasion-of-privacy-cause-of-action-from-restatement-of-torts-for-rental-companys-tracking-software-on-rented-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=30833","title":{"rendered":"WY recognizes invasion of privacy cause of action from Restatement of Torts for rental company&#8217;s tracking software on rented computers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aspen Way leases computers in Wyoming. \u201cThe complaints each generally alleged that Aspen Way installed software on Plaintiffs&#8217; leased computers, without Plaintiffs&#8217; knowledge, that enabled Aspen Way to track the leased computers&#8217; locations, remotely activate the computers&#8217; webcams, and capture screen shots and key strokes.\u201d The court follows the Restatement of Torts and finds that the complaint stated a cause of action for invasion of a reasonable expectation of privacy. <a href=\"https:\/\/services.courts.state.wy.us\/Documents\/Opinions\/2017WY152.pdf\">Howard v. Aspen Way Enters.<\/a>, 2017 WY 152, 2017 Wyo. LEXIS 159 (Dec. 19, 2017). So, if the police know about Aspen Way&#8217;s records, they could subpoena a customer&#8217;s computer keystrokes and webcam through them?<\/p>\n<p>Two men were with bicycles in Topeka in an alley talking to each other. As officers approached, one brandished a gun. A frisk of both was reasonable. United States v. Hartz, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 205595 (D. Kan. Dec. 14, 2017).*<\/p>\n<p>The stop here was consensual and required no justification. A warrant check produced an outstanding warrant that led to arrest. United States v. Ford, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 204924 (W.D. Tenn. Nov. 2, 2017).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspen Way leases computers in Wyoming. \u201cThe complaints each generally alleged that Aspen Way installed software on Plaintiffs&#8217; leased computers, without Plaintiffs&#8217; knowledge, that enabled Aspen Way to track the leased computers&#8217; locations, remotely activate the computers&#8217; webcams, and capture &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=30833\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-searches","category-stop-and-frisk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30833"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30837,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30833\/revisions\/30837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}