SoylentNews

Raritan [soylentnews.org] writes:

Short version: The US 11th Circuit Court issued a ruling that obtaining cell phone location data (cell-site historical data) requires a warrant. This is in contrast with an earlier ruling by the 4th Circuit, which found no expectation of privacy for this information and thus, concluded that a warrant was not necessary.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/06/11/eleventh-circuit-disagreeing-with-the-fifth-holds-fourth-amendment-protects-cell-site-records/ [washingtonpost.com]

and http://www.wired.com/2014/06/cell-tower-data-requires-warrant/ [wired.com]

---

Original Submission