Utah is set to become the first state in the nation to regulate law enforcement’s use of geofence searches — a “reverse search” technique that allows law enforcement to identify criminal suspects by requesting caches of anonymized data from technology companies.
You may have noticed consent pop-ups on most websites, particularly for the collection of your cookies (not the type you eat). Most of these messages are a result of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020 with the supposed intent of “giving Californians more control over their personal information.”
General warrants give law enforcement agents broad authority “to search and seize unspecified places or persons.”