While the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld privacy protections against police searches of cell phones, the Associated Press reports Missouri voters will vote next week on a ballot measure that would require police to obtain a warrant before searching or seizing “electronic communications and data,” including cellphones, emails and flash drives. Meanwhile, a Missouri senator has introduced a measure he believes will garner bipartisan support that would end the state’s practice of posting death certificates 50 years and older online with Social Security numbers readable. Sen. Paul LeVota (D-Independence) said the Office of the Secretary of State has indicated it wouldn’t be opposed to changing the law.
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