The Kirkwood brothers wanted electronic tags removed but police objected, saying they believed they could re-offend.
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which was passed in 1986 and remains the main law governing access to electronic communication, requires police only to certify to a court that the information is relevant to an investigation.
Lothian and Borders Police are to replace their traditional police notebooks with electronic handheld pads in a ground-breaking move.
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Police said stolen electronic goods, including laptops, mobile phones, smart phones and SIM cards, and two knives were found in the searches.
So, it ruled that the Stored Communications Act is unconstitutional for allowing police to raid these electronic post offices without a warrant.
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Mr Assange must also surrender his passport, obey a curfew at an address in Suffolk, wear an electronic tag and report to a local police station every evening.
The attorney-general's office and the police have new cadres of investigators, and an electronic information platform.
Officials have assigned more than 40 protection details to potential targets of the fugitive, and electronic signs that usually list expected commute times urged motorists to call police if they saw Mr Dorner or his vehicle.
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When police found the body in his apartment, they also found his electronic monitoring ankle bracelet, which had been cut off, authorities said.
At issue is whether electronic tracking is comparable to such routine surveillance as following a suspect in an unmarked police car on city streets, as the federal government argues.
Amie Stepanovich, of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said law enforcement should not use drones as an alternative to police patrols.
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For years, courts have wrestled with how electronic tracking fits with the Constitution's prohibition against searching a home, for instance, unless police can persuade a judge to sign a search warrant.
By the same token, a Mossad source says that cloak-and-dagger operations still have their uses, even though ultra-modern electronic and biometric skills, used with surprising efficiency (in Israeli eyes) by Dubai's police, make such operations, involving wigged disguises and old-style skulduggery, harder to pull off.
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Attorney Hanni Fakhoury of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which advocates for online free speech and privacy rights, said the data amassed by police from surveillance cameras and personal devices has enormous crime-solving potential.
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