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S.D.Tex.: Cell phone location data subject to Fourth Amendment …

FourthAmendment.com covers a decision out of the Southern District of Texas that held that cell phone location data is subject to the Fourth Amendment because.

The Crime Report » Archive » Prosecutors May Need Probable Cause …

In the first appellate ruling on a cutting-edge privacy issue, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit declared that cell phone location data may trigger Fourth Amendment concerns and that prosecutors demanding access to such …

FourthAmendment.com – Post details: S.D.Ga.: Cell phone search was …

The search of defendant’s cell phone for text messages relating to a possible drug transaction that day was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment [with no detailed cell phone analysis; just applying basic principles], but excising …

Privacy Revolt!: More on GPS Tracking of Cell Phones and the …

A little case history first: Last April, the Washington Post reported that while serving as a U.S. attorney during the Bush administration, Christopher Christie tracked the whereabouts of citizens through their cell phones without …

Feds push for tracking cell phones – izzybob's posterous

Texas DEA agents have used cell site information in real time to locate a Chrysler 300M driving from Rio Grande City to a ranch about 50 miles away. Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile logs showing the location of mobile phones at the time …

EFF Fights for Cell Phone Users' Privacy in Thursday Hearing …

EFF Fights for Cell Phone Users’ Privacy in Thursday Hearing: Via EFF.org Updates. Philadelphia – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will be arguing this Thursday before the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia, …

Cellphone Searches (NYT Editorial) | Privacy Digest

Cellphone Searches: Via NYT > Privacy. The Ohio Supreme Court has struck an important blow for privacy rights, ruling that the police need a warrant to search a cellphone . The court rightly recognized that cellphones today are a lot …

Ohio Justices – Cell Phone Searches Require Warrant | Privacy Digest

Ohio Justices – Cell Phone Searches Require Warrant: Via NYTimes.com . COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court said Tuesday police officers must obtain a search warrant before scouring the contents of a suspect’s cell phone , …

JURIST – Paper Chase: Ohio Supreme Court rules warrantless cell …

JURIST – Paper Chase: Ohio Supreme Court rules warrantless cell phone searches violate Fourth Amendment. … Ohio Supreme Court rules warrantless cell phone searches violate Fourth Amendment Jaclyn Belczyk at 9:02 AM ET …

FourthAmendment.com – Post details: E.D.Pa.: Search incident of …

When it became apparent he wouldn’t snitch, they took the cellphone and searched it. It was still incident to the arrest. United States v. Georgiou, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114729 (E.D. Pa. December 7, 2009): …