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Daily Dashboard | NASA engineer part of border-search lawsuit against government Related reading: UK Parliament committee to review EU-UK adequacy agreement

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Sidd Bikkannavar, a senior engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is suing the government over a warrantless search of his smartphone upon arrival in the U.S. from a trip abroad, the LA Weekly reports. Bikkannavar is one of 11 travelers involved in the lawsuit against the U.S. federal government for the warrantless search of smartphones, laptops and other devices. The suit was filed by the ACLU and EFF last week. Esha Bhandari, a staff attorney for the ACLU, says the agents in Bikkannavar's case exceeded their authority, adding that border agencies have the authority to conduct warrantless searches of a traveler's luggage but authority does not extend to electronic devices.
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