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Who Owns Data About You?

Posted by Harmony 795 days ago
On Saturday, I blogged about a bill. before the Utah Senate that would allow law enforcement to use administrative subpoenas to get data about you from your ISP when they suspected you of crimes against children. This would be done without a warrant and without any real oversight (as currently drafted) This morning Rep. Brad Daw. is testifying about his bill before the Senate Edcuation Committee. (yeah, it's confusing) @sausagegrinder. (a Daily Herald reporter) tweeted. that Daw said: Daw: 4th amend doesn't apply to his bill. The subpoenas would be for information owned by a company, not property of suspect. That's an interesting position. Forget the bill itself. Just consider the question of when information about you belongs to you, when it belongs to someone else, and when it belongs to multiple parties. If we take the position, as Daw apparently does,

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