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On July 10th, 2008, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirmed its ruling from April of the same year on USA v Arnold that Customs and Border Protection agents are free to seize your laptop, cell phone, or other electronic storage devices at the border without probable cause. They can also demand encryption keys and passwords as a precondition to entry into the country, even of returning American citizens, all without warrant or probable cause. Since last summer, members of NCC-CAFE have reviewed Travel guidelines and recommendations made by other colleges and universities, private companies, and even the FBI recommendations for it's own employees. Attached below is a set of Guidelines that members of NCC-CAFE developed for use by any members of the MSU community. The Guidelines consist of two parts: 1) first, a checklist of precautions to take when traveling, be it overseas or around the country 2) a document providing detailed explanation of the line items in the checklist, as well as an appendix of links to additional resources. NCC-CAFE would welcome your comments on these documents, as well as any additions, edit, and additional resources you would suggest. Please post your comments to the forums.msu.edu thread created for this topic, or reply here on the MSUNAG list. The members of NCC-CAFE will review all comments for any future drafts of these guidelines. My thanks in advance for your time and contributions to this effort. John A. Resotko Head of Systems Administration Michigan State University College of Law 208 Law College Building East Lansing, MI 48824-1300 email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 517-432-6836 Fax: 517-432-6861 Current Chairperson of the MSU Network Communications Community