FC: Pennsylvania supreme court says no privacy rights in phone calls

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 08:49:57 PDT

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    >COURT SAYS NO PRIVACY FOR HOME PHONE CALLS
    >A split Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that individuals have no 
    >reasonable expectation of privacy in telephone calls made in their own 
    >home. The judge reasoned that with speakerphones, cell phones and the 
    >like, users have no way of knowing who might be listening in on a 
    >conversation and thus no reasonable expectation that the call will be 
    >private. Majority opinion at 
    >http://www.courts.state.pa.us/OpPosting/Supreme/out/J-52-2000-mo.pdf
    >
    >Coverage at:
    >http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZHW8CDOQC
    
    
    
    
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