[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Pennsylvania supreme court says no privacy rights in

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:49:57 -0600
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From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: Pennsylvania supreme court says no privacy rights in phone
 	calls
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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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