Privacy Select Issues and Laws for the 21st Century

This text is a study of select issues and laws relating to privacy in the 21st century. The topics examined include an overview of federal law governing wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA); background and issues related to the USA PATRIOT Act reauthorisation on government collection of private information; the United States v. Jones court case involving GPS monitoring, property and privacy; and Fourth Amendment implications and legislative responses to drones in domestic surveillance operations.