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US Supreme Court in Virginia case says police need warrants for cellphone location data
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that law enforcement must obtain warrants to access cellphone location data from third-party companies under the Fourth Amendment. The decision centered on a 2019 Virginia credit union robbery case, where police used geofence warrants to identify suspects, but the Court left unresolved when such searches are considered reasonable.
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