law
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Is It Legal For Cops To Search Your Mobile Phone?
17Consider the following scenarios: A police officer stops you on the street and asks you to empty your pockets. A police officer stops you in your car and asks to search you and the vehicle. Regardless of nearly all factors, one of the items recovered will inevitably be a mobile phone. But in what circumstances…
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Ask LH: Can My Employer Force Me To Take Annual Leave During Shutdowns?
Dear Lifehacker, I work for a company that will be shutting down between December 20 and January 12. We have been instructed to take annual leave – 13 days total – during this break. That’s more than the half of my allotted leave. Is it legal for a company to dictate when you can take…
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The Government’s Encryption Bill May Be On Shaky Ground
The government has been pushing hard to have their Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 rushed to parliament, just a day after the joint parliamentary committee finishes reviewing the draft legislation and listening to experts on what the impacts, positive and negative, of the proposed laws might be. But will the…
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I’m Heather Dietrick, CEO Of The Daily Beast, And This Is How I Work
Heather Dietrick used to run this place. Dietrick was the beloved president of Lifehacker US‘ parent company, Gizmodo Media Group, before leaving in 2017 to join The Daily Beast as CEO. In How I Work’s tradition of interviewing our past and present colleagues, we talked to her about building a career in law and business…