cellphone location data
Coverage of cellphone location data in the Nexus archive.
- News Wrap: Supreme Court rules location data protected
The Supreme Court ruled that constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone location data. The San Francisco Archdiocese agreed to pay $395 million to sexual abuse survivors, and global health officials reported over 1,300 deaths linked to a heatwave in Europe.
- Supreme Court Puts Limits on Cellphone Location Data Searches
The Supreme Court has imposed limits on geofence searches, which law enforcement commonly uses to gather cellphone location data. Critics argue these searches risk personal data privacy and may violate constitutional rights.
- US Supreme Court in Virginia case says police need warrants for cellphone location data
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police need warrants to obtain cellphone location data under the Fourth Amendment, as demonstrated in a Virginia case involving a credit union robbery. The 6-3 decision acknowledged privacy rights but left unresolved when such searches are considered reasonable.
- Supreme Court sends 'geofence warrant' case back to lower court
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy regarding their cellphone location data, vacating a lower court's ruling against Okello Chatrie in a Virginia bank robbery case. The decision deemed law enforcement's use of a geofence warrant to identify Chatrie a search under the Fourth Amendment.