Tag: fourth amendment
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Supreme Court Bolsters Tech Privacy with Landmark Ruling
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has bolstered tech privacy, declaring that bulk collection of phone location data from a geographic area constitutes a Fourth Amendment search. This game-changing decision protects individuals' reasonable expectation of privacy, limiting government access to their personal data.
Supreme Court Probes Geofence Surveillance Limits
The Supreme Court is scrutinizing the limits of geofence surveillance, with Justice Samuel Alito bluntly questioning whether the issue belongs in a courtroom or a law review. The case, Chatrie v. The United States, challenges the constitutionality of sweeping geofence warrants used to obtain location data from tech giants like Google.