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Committee approves narrowly tailored change to CalECPA to let victims consent to inspection of planted tracking/surveillance devices
Summary
AB 358 would allow law enforcement to inspect tracking or surveillance devices found in a victims private space with that victims consent; the Assembly Public Safety Committee passed the bill as amended.
Assemblymember Mike Alvarez presented AB 3 58, the TRACE amendment, to clarify the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA) so that survivors who find unauthorized tracking or surveillance devices in private spaces can consent to an immediate inspection by law enforcement.
Alvarez said the bill is narrow and victim-centered: it permits inspection of devices located in a persons residence, automobile, or personal property with the consent of the person who…
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