March 19th, 2009

Obama DOJ Supports Warrantless Wireless Location Searches

By Roy Mark, eWeek

The Department of Justice is urging courts to allow law enforcement officials to obtain users' cell tower location data without a search warrant. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups are objecting, and the courts have so far held that location information stored by a mobile phone provider is legally protected by the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Related Issues: Cell Tracking, Locational Privacy

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