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Your location data is now officially protected by the fourth amendment — here's what that means for you

The Supreme Court just granted your location data the same protections as other personal data. Here's how that affects you.

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Supreme Court rules your cellphone location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment

Law enforcement officials frequently draw virtual fences around areas of interest and require Google to identify every cellphone in the area using cell location history. Dubbed a “geofence search,” officers obtain a warrant that permits a multistep, give-and-take information sharing process between officers and tech employees that winnows down and…

The Conversation

In Chatrie, Neil Gorsuch Reiterates His Critique of 2 Dubious Fourth Amendment Doctrines

The justice argues that the "reasonable expectation of privacy" test and the third-party doctrine are indefensible in theory and unworkable in practice.

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Supreme Court rules constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone users location history

The Supreme Court has held that constitutional privacy protections extend to cellphone location information, ruling in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant

The Independent UK

In Big Win for Fourth Amendment Advocates, the Supreme Court Says 'Geofence Warrants' Count as a 'Search'

Understanding Chatrie v. United States.

Reason

You just got a big win in keeping your location info secret from the cops

President Donald Trump's administration defended the investigative method in the case

The Independent UK

US supreme court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections

Law enforcement’s use of warrants sweeping smartphone location data requires privacy protections, court rules

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Supreme Court Geofence Ruling Could Expose AI Chats, Keyword Searches to Police

The Supreme Court is weeks away from delivering its most consequential digital privacy ruling since 2018, and the stakes stretch far beyond a Virginia bank robbery. The case — Chatrie v. United States — centers on a geofence warrant, a law enforcement tool that searches everyone's location data to find…

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Supreme Court considers whether police can use Big Tech data to capture info from all cellphone users in a place and time

Google tracks the vast majority of cellphones in the United States, collecting your location, usage and device data through installed software and apps. The tracking occurs by various autonomous processes you cannot see or stop, even when you turn off location history, and Google and other companies keep that data…

The Conversation

A SCOTUS Case Exposes the Dangers of 2 Misguided Fourth Amendment Doctrines

"Geofence" searches illustrate the perilous combination of modern technology and deference to law enforcement.

Reason

SCOTUS Weighs 'Geofence Warrants' and the Future of Digital Privacy

The government wants access to millions of cell phone location histories. The Supreme Court will decide what the Fourth Amendment allows.

Reason

US supreme court hears whether smartphone location data warrants infringe users’ privacy

Lawyer for DoJ argued actions taken in public while in possession of a smartphone afforded no expectation of privacy

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court seems inclined to allow police to use geofence warrants to identify criminal suspects

The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes

The Independent UK

Advocates for Asian Massage Workers Decry 'Sexist, Racist' Raids in Seattle

Bothell police set out in search of sex trafficking and ended up shutting down five businesses for code violations.

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Supreme Court to hear case on phone location warrants used to catch bank robber

The high court will decide whether geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches

Reason

The Supreme Court's Next Big Fourth Amendment Case

How the digital privacy rights of millions are at stake in Chatrie v. United States.

Reason

Controversial Geofence Warrants Face Supreme Court Challenge

Technological innovations allow the authorities to see who has visited whole geographic areas.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court will decide on use of warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide the constitutionality of broad search warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes

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The Fourth Amendment and Geofence Warrants: A Critical Look at United States v. Chatrie

The first Article III on a novel question.

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