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U.S. Customs Fails To Delete Personal Data After Electronic Searches At Border, Watchdog Says
Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) searched through the electronic devices of more than 29,000 travellers coming into the country. CBP officers sometimes upload personal data from those devices to Homeland Security servers by first transferring that data onto USB drives — drives that are supposed to be deleted after every use. But…
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9 More Horror Stories From People Who Had Their Electronic Devices Searched At The Border
Earlier this week, we looked at some of the complaints filed with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) about the treatment of travellers at the US border. People regularly have their electronic devices searched, often for no good reason at all, leading to an invasive and violating experience. And today we have more horror stories…
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Border Agent Demands NASA Scientist Unlock Phone Before Entering The US
Sidd Bikkannavar is a natural-born US citizen who works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. He’s also a prolific traveller who found himself reentering the United States right as the controversial immigration ban took effect. For unexplained reasons, he was detained and border agents demanded access to his NASA-issued phone which could contain highly sensitive information.