Title: Voluntary Disclosure of Information as a Proposed Standard for the Fourth Amendment's Third-Party Doctrine
Abstract: The third-party doctrine is a long-standing tenant of Fourth Amendment law that allows law enforcement officers to utilize information that was released to a third party without the probable cause required for a traditional search warrant. This has allowed law enforcement agents to use confidential informants, undercover agents, and access bank records of suspected criminals. However, in a digital age where exponentially more information is shared with Internet Service Providers, e-mail hosts, and social media “friends,” the traditional thirdparty doctrine ideas allow law enforcement officers access to a cache of personal information and data with a standard below probable
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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