BUSINESS CASE PROBLEM WITH SAMPLE ANSWER: Privacy. Using special software, South Dakota law enforce-ment of?cers found a person who appeared to pos-sess child pornography at a speci?c Internet protocol address. The of?cers subpoenaed Midcontinent Communications, the service that assigned the address, for the personal information of its subscriber. With this information, the of?cers obtained a search warrant for the residence of John Rolfe, where they found a laptop that con-tained child pornography. Rolfe argued that the subpoenas vio-lated his “expectation of privacy.” Did Rolfe have a privacy interest in the information obtained by the subpoenas issued to Midcontinent? Discuss
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