privacy
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10th Circuit says no constitutional violation from Denver officers’ warrantless search of storage unit
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Denver police officers did not violate a man’s constitutional rights with their warrantless search of a storage locker he had been using without authorization in his apartment building, the federal appeals court based in Colorado ruled last month. Although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit emphasized its Sept. 20 opinion hinged on specific shortcomings…
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Flash or cash? Metro Denver experiments with red-light, speed cameras
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Less than two weeks after the Town of Morrison installed a photo speed camera along Highway 8 near the entrance to Red Rocks Amphitheater earlier this year, the unit detected more than 10,000 violations. With Colorado laws setting the maximum fine for citations at $40 from a photo van and $75 from a red light…
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Judge tells Colorado to hand over data to feds after 3-year standoff
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A federal judge told the state of Colorado on Wednesday to hand over data related to workers’ compensation payments that the U.S. Social Security Administration has been seeking for three years. While U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney acknowledged state law appeared to forbid the release of confidential information to the Social Security Administration’s…
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Colorado moves to give child victims, witnesses of crimes anonymity in public records
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Nearly one year ago, 17-year-old Riley Whitelaw was killed in the break room of the Colorado Springs Walgreens where she worked. The horrific details of the crime, allegedly committed by an adult co-worker who Riley had previously complained against, quickly consumed state and national news. In a matter of days, many of Riley’s relatives, friends…
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Colorado lawmakers vote to let themselves block constituents on social media
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Colorado lawmakers on Thursday decided to allow themselves to block their constituents on social media. If signed into law, House Bill 1306 would give all elected officials in the state the power to block someone from viewing or interacting with an official’s social media pages – for any reason. This would apply to their personal social media…
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How sealed criminal records in Colorado may be released to the public
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New footage obtained by The Gazette shows events during a 2021 bomb threat that lead to the arrest of 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, whose name and age match that of the suspect arrested in Saturday’s Club Q shooting. In this screen recording provided by the owner of the house where Aldrich’s mother lived at the…
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State Senate approves restricting facial recognition technology in Colorado
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The Colorado Senate approved legislation Tuesday that seeks to restrict the use of facial recognition technology in the state’s government, law enforcement and schools. Senators passed Senate Bill 113 in a 27-7 vote, moving it to the state House of Representatives for consideration. If enacted, the bill would establish several limitations and regulations for the…
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Bill seeks privacy protection for health care workers, code enforcement officers, others
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Last year, UCHealth adopted a requirement that transplant candidates be vaccinated against COVID-19. When Katherine Hamann, UCHealth’s kidney transplant coordinator, sent a letter to a patient outlining the change, her life was turned upside-down. A legislator posted a photo of the letter online with Hamann’s name on it. Hamann instantly became the victim of a…
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Colorado was potential target of Facebook data breach, IT expert says
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WASHINGTON – Colorado’s status as an election swing state likely made it a target for the kind of data breach described by Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg during his congressional testimony Tuesday, according to a Boulder-based information technology expert. Zuckerberg was grilled by senators outraged that a British political consulting firm was able to collect…
