{"id":6457,"date":"2011-12-28T07:15:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T08:36:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-25T08:36:34","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=6457","title":{"rendered":"Cardozo L. Rev.: “A Mosaic Shield: Maynard, the Fourth Amendment, and Privacy Rights in the Digital Age”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erin Smith Dennis, A Mosaic Shield: Maynard, the Fourth Amendment, and Privacy Rights in the Digital Age<\/a>, 33 Cardozo L. Rev 757 (2011). From the conclusion:<\/p>\n

In Smith, the Court\u2019s wholesale adoption of the third-party doctrine effectively stunted Fourth Amendment protections at the advent of the digital revolution. Maynard opens up a much-needed pathway for reinvigorating Fourth Amendment protections in an age of rapidly ad-vancing technology, where reliance on third-party intermediaries is no longer optional, but part and parcel of a normal productive existence. Effective balancing of the public\u2019s \u201creasonable expectation of privacy\u201d against law enforcement concerns cannot occur under a judicial doctrine which eviscerates that expectation by fiat. Instead, it necessitates a statutory scheme that allows room for judicial analysis and evolution of what a reasonable expectation of privacy is with regard to electronic communications. <\/p>\n

The amount and tenor of information available to law enforcement via the Pen Register statute can easily be aggregated into a mosaic re-vealing intimate details about an individual, ad infinitum. If the Fourth Amendment is to continue to protect citizens against unreasonable searches and seizures, it must protect the information that we so value, be it physical or intangible.<\/p>\n

The Maynard decision articulating a mosaic theory of privacy at the very least illustrates the mounting tension between Fourth Amendment privacy protections and rapidly advancing technology. More importantly, it signals a new chapter in the judiciary\u2019s efforts to redraw and adapt the Fourth Amendment parameters for the digital age, thereby guaranteeing that its safeguards remain vital, responsive, and reliable in a rapidly changing technological landscape. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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