JOUR 275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Telephoto Lens, Estoppel
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Laws: legally prohibited from trespassing on private property, using telephoto lenses to survey private property, pursuing targets in cars, what about kids, what about recording. Wire conversations: instate calls, interstate calls, broadcasting calls, if agreed. Government in the sunshine act: federal open meetings law; an act passed in. 1976 that mandates that meetings of federal government agencies be open to the public unless all or some part of a meeting is exempted according to exemptions outlined in the law. Freedom of information act: the federal law that requires records held by federal government agencies to be made available to the public, provided that the information sought does n to fall within one of 9 exempted categories. Legislative history: congressional reports and records containing reports of discussions about proposed legislation. Electronic freedom of information act: a 1996 amendment to the freedom of. Information act that applies the act to electronically stored information.