Sep. 30, 2021
Lines must drawn: public health vs privacy
Last year, the federal government contracted with a wastewater analytics company for a nationwide study of wastewater in the U.S. The study suggests that wastewater testing predicts COVID-19 cases five to 11 days ahead of clinical testing.
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Movie stars and criminals have learned the hard way that they shouldn't expect any privacy rights for things that go into their trash cans.
It has been well settled under federal law for decades that there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in garbage left at the "outside curtilage" of a home or business. California v Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988). Justice Byron White famously wrote in th...
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