After case in which Google was served warrant, US Supreme Court restricts use of Geofence warrants: What are they that court has called violation of Fourth Amendment
The Supreme Court has significantly curbed the use of 'geofence warrants' by law enforcement, deeming them a violation of Fourth Amendment privacy rights.
This ruling restricts police from accessing vast location data from tech companies to identify individuals near crime scenes.
The court emphasized that automated tracking of millions, even with data held by third parties, requires constitutional safeguards against unreasonable searches, impacting a tool widely used by detectives.
Supreme Court Curbs Geofence Warrants
- Supreme Court finds geofence warrants constitute a search under Fourth Amendment Washington Examiner —
- The US Supreme Court restricts use of geofence warrants Engadget —
- Supreme Court ruling guts government’s use of geofence warrants Ars Technica —
- Supreme Court Supports Privacy Protections for Cellphone Location Data CNET —
- Supreme court rules constitutional privacy protections apply to geofence warrants SiliconANGLE —