Customs agents already have the power now to search your luggage when you cut across borders , thanks to a circuit court ruling , they have the power to inspect the data on your laptops as well . The decision was handed down interrelate to this case :
Stuart Romm boarded a aeroplane in Las Vegas on February 1 , 2004 . When he got off the plane in British Columbia , Canada ’s Border Services Agency block off Romm for inquiring . After discover that Romm had a reprehensible background , Agent Keith Brown search his laptop and discovered child porn situation in Romm ’s net chronicle lean . Canada then practice bundling Romm back onto a planer to Seattle , where US Customs agents had a chance to question him further .
We ’ve heard of cases of 1 - hour pic stores calling the police when they find people ’s photograph of their infants , semi - clothed , on holiday . Imagine the misunderstanding it will have when customs agents observe the same thing on your laptop computer — or possibly digital camera as well . You may require to think twice about ask that snapshot of third-year in the pool in Cancun .
Can borderline agents search your laptop ? Yes.[Ars Technica via ]
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