Jan 5 2005

Court: No warrant needed to search your work PC

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Police do not need a search warrant to examine an employee’s computer for incriminating files, a All that is necessary is the permission of the business that owns the computer, the appeals court said in a 3-0 decision last week.

In April 2003, when Jack Leck briefly worked at a nonprofit organization called the World Peace Ambassadors, he allegedly used an office computer to do Web searches for preteen boys and girls and participate in related mailing lists from his Hotmail account. When police showed up with some questions, the nonprofit group permitted that computer to be seized without a warrant.Washington state appeals court has ruled.

Read the te story @ Cnet News

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