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  1. A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed teams affiliated with #DOGE to gain #access to potentially sensitive #data on millions of Americans, overruling a lower court that had blocked that access in Feb.

    By a 2-1 vote, a 3-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit granted the access to data stored at the #Treasury Dept, the #Education Dept & the Office of Personnel Management [#OPM], citing the June #SocialSecurity #SCOTUS decision.

    #Trump #law #privacy #InfoSec #Musk

  2. Appeals Court Sidesteps The Big Questions on #Geofence #Warrants

    Another federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit sitting en banc issued a single sentence opinion affirming the lower court opinion in USA v. #Chatrie. The practical outcome of this sentence is clear: the #evidence collected from a geofence warrant issued to #Google can be used against the defendant in this case

    eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/appe

  3. Appeals Court Sidesteps The Big Questions on #Geofence #Warrants

    Another federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit sitting en banc issued a single sentence opinion affirming the lower court opinion in USA v. #Chatrie. The practical outcome of this sentence is clear: the #evidence collected from a geofence warrant issued to #Google can be used against the defendant in this case

    eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/appe

  4. Appeals Court Sidesteps The Big Questions on #Geofence #Warrants

    Another federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit sitting en banc issued a single sentence opinion affirming the lower court opinion in USA v. #Chatrie. The practical outcome of this sentence is clear: the #evidence collected from a geofence warrant issued to #Google can be used against the defendant in this case

    eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/appe

  5. Appeals Court Sidesteps The Big Questions on

    Another federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the sitting en banc issued a single sentence opinion affirming the lower court opinion in USA v. . The practical outcome of this sentence is clear: the collected from a geofence warrant issued to can be used against the defendant in this case

    eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/appe

  6. Appeals Court Sidesteps The Big Questions on #Geofence #Warrants

    Another federal appeals court has ruled on controversial geofence warrants—sort of. Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit sitting en banc issued a single sentence opinion affirming the lower court opinion in USA v. #Chatrie. The practical outcome of this sentence is clear: the #evidence collected from a geofence warrant issued to #Google can be used against the defendant in this case

    eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/appe

  7. On Tues, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the #FourthCircuit temporarily blocked the ballot verification process that had been ordered by the #NorthCarolina State #SupremeCourt. Many of the ballots in
    question come from #Democratic-leaning counties, so their removal could lead to the election being overturned.

    #law #democracy