Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill Would End Warrantless Car Searches
Legislation introduced Thursday would prohibit warrantless searches of data generated and stored in automobiles. Announced by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo.; Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.; and Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., the Closing the Warrantless Digital Car Search…
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Loophole Act would end “outdated” vehicle exceptions to the Fourth Amendment. The loophole was created long before “automobiles contained computers that generate vast amounts of digital information,” Wyden’s office said.