U.S. border agents may search travellers’ electronic devices

The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that border agents may search travellers’ electronic devices without any suspicion.

Canadian and other international travellers to and through the U.S. should know the decision leaves all their sensitive data open to search at the U.S. borders without any suspicion.

Scott Wilkens, senior counsel at the U.S. Knight First Amendment Institute, said:

“Our phones hold our private thoughts and associations, photographs of our family and friends, and a log of our nearly every movement. The First Amendment should require the government to get a warrant before searching them. We’re disappointed the court declined to recognize that.”