Does The Travelers’ Privacy Protection Act adequately safeguard us?
You’ve probably heard about the Travelers’ Privacy Protection Act of 2008, a proposed new law that would prevent customs agents from confiscating your laptop computer at the border. But what does the law actually say? Ned Levi takes a look at the law and makes some troubling discoveries.
Laptops and PDAs may be detained at the border
Since publishing first piece about the government’s right to confiscate laptops, PDAs and other electronic devices, the secretary of Homeland Security, released an opinion piece alerting US travelers that laptops and PDAs are legitimate targets of searches without probably cause. Passengers traveling internationally should prepare for the possibility that laptops may be confiscated.