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    Commentary: How data privacy laws could make the criminal justice system even more unfair

    by Rebecca Wexler, Los Angeles Times Aug 05, 2019 3 minutes

    A cluster of new and proposed state and federal laws will soon make it harder for people accused of crimes to defend themselves. All of these laws are well-intended - to protect privacy by shielding sensitive personal information - but they suffer from a fundamental unfairness that needs correction.

    These laws tilt the scale in favor of the prosecution by giving police access to lots of useful data while putting critical information out of defendants'

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