Supreme Court decision requires warrant to obtain cellphone records for tracking

Supreme Court decision requires warrant to obtain cellphone records for tracking

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https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/22/supreme-court-decision-requires-warrant-to-obtain-cellphone-records-for-tracking/

The United States Supreme court issued a decision this morning required police to obtain a warrant from a judge in order to track individuals through cellphone records. The 5-4 ruling is being regarded as a win for privacy advocates in the U.S.

The decision derived from a 2011 case in which FBI agents used three months of phone records in order to capture and convict a Michigan man of robbing Radio Shack and T-Mobile locations. The suspect’s lawyers argued that the evidence should be thrown out due to a lack of warrant, after their client lost in lower court rulings.

Supreme Court decision requires warrant to obtain cellphone records for tracking

Jun 22, 2018, 3:44pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/22/supreme-court-decision-requires-warrant-to-obtain-cellphone-records-for-tracking/ > The United States Supreme court issued a decision this morning required police to obtain a warrant from a judge in order to track individuals through cellphone records. The 5-4 ruling is being regarded as a win for privacy advocates in the U.S. > The decision derived from a 2011 case in which FBI agents used three months of phone records in order to capture and convict a Michigan man of robbing Radio Shack and T-Mobile locations. The suspect’s lawyers argued that the evidence should be thrown out due to a lack of warrant, after their client lost in lower court rulings.