Hypothetical: You were walking by a parked car where a police officer was standing next to the driver window speaking to the driver. The police officer sees you walking to one side of the vehicle and tells you to stop. The officer informs you that you may not leave.
Question: Can the police officer legally detain you? Explain why or why not. While you are detained, the officer asks to see your cell phone. Can the police officer search your cell phone? Explain why or why not, citing the appropriate case to support your position.
Hypothetical: You are a newspaper reporter who has been contacted by an individual who is an informant leaking information to you about the government's surreptitious sale of arms to the ISIS in Syria. You don't know your informant nor have you met him/her; but, you have received emails from him/her. You have email accounts with Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft, and your informant has communicated with you on different occasions emailing each of your email addresses.
Question: Discuss whether the government can obtain your email account information from Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft (ignore any First Amendment issues). In your answer, identify the applicable statute(s) and explain based on the facts how they may or may not apply.
Hypothetical (same as last question): You are a newspaper reporter who has been contacted by an individual who is an informant leaking information to you about the government's surreptitious sale of arms to the ISIS in Syria. You don't know your informant nor have you met him/her; but, you have received emails from him/her. You have email accounts with Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft, and your informant has communicated with you on different occasions emailing each of your email addresses.
Question: Discuss whether the government can obtain your email communications with your informant (ignore the First Amendment issues related to your communications). Identify the applicable statute(s) and explain based on the facts how they may or may not apply.
Hypothetical: You are a management services organization (MSO) who processes medical claims for a group of medical providers. Your employees sometimes have to travel to the different medical providers to audit patient electronic health records as part of their internal auditing processes. One of your employees locks his/her computer stored in its carry case along with portable media in the trunk of the company car for less than 15 minutes to get a sandwich at Subway's. Your employee returns to the car, drives off to the site, and discovers upon arrival that the case with the computer and portable media has been stolen.
Question: Explain if there has been a data breach and identify which statutes would apply in this situation.
Explain if you have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the following situation and why or why not:
• The backyard of your residence
Explain if you have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the following situation and why or why not:
• Your Facebook public page
Explain if you have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the following situation and why or why not:
• Transactions in your bank account
Explain if you have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the following situation and why or why not:
• Communications on twitter.com
Explain if you have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the following situation and why or why not:
• Blog communications posted on a website