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The Supreme Court ruled that police cannot freely access cellphone location history, stating constitutional privacy protections apply to such data. The decision involved Okello Chatrie, a bank robber whose identity was uncovered via a geofence warrant, with Justice Elena Kagan emphasizing that users retain privacy expectations even when sharing location data with Google. Justice Samuel Alito dissented, arguing Chatrie had no privacy claim for information voluntarily given to Google.

The Supreme Court ruled that constitutional privacy protections extend to cellphone users' location history, citing a case where a geofence warrant linked a bank robber to a crime. The 6-3 decision, led by Justice Elena Kagan, emphasized that opting into Google’s location history does not relinquish privacy rights, while Justice Samuel Alito dissented, arguing the defendant voluntarily shared data with Google. The case involves Okello Chatrie, who was identified through location data after a 2019 bank robbery in Virginia.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone location data, using the case of bank robber Okello Chatrie, whose location was tracked via a geofence warrant. Justice Elena Kagan emphasized users retain privacy expectations even when sharing location data with services like Google, while Justice Samuel Alito dissented, arguing no privacy expectation exists for voluntarily shared data.