Computers brought into U.S. subject to search...

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Next time you travel outside the country you might be surprised on your return that DHS wants to do a search or to copy your computer hard drive.  U.S. Courts have recently ruled that warrants or suspicions when a person is seeking to enter the country are not required to do a search of a computers hard drive  ... court rulings say "routine search" is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.  Independent of the privacy concerns, U.S. based companies and U.S. companies with foreign partners are concerned over the possible compromise of sensitive intellectual property.  For more info on this, click here...

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