New California law aims to protect your digital privacy

Police will tell you cell phones are involved in just about every major case they investigate, from identity theft to sex crimes, even homicides.

Watch Your Phone, Your Rights on Thursday – KESQ News Channel 3 at 11PM

But they’re not only going up against new technologies, but also against a new California law that could protect your rights, while also slowing them down in solving crimes and helping victims.

Video: Jeff Stahl introduces new California law in special report

We’ll explain the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act and its double-edged sword– protecting your rights, but also perhaps slowing down police investigations because they’re having to jump through more legal hoops to gain access to people’s cell phones.

Watch Jeff Stahl’s special report: Your Phone, Your Rights, on Thursday at 11 p.m. on KESQ News Channel 3.