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Deeplinks Blog by Andrew Crocker, Jennifer Lynch | June 22, 2018

Victory! Supreme Court Says Fourth Amendment Applies to Cell Phone Tracking

The Supreme Court handed down a landmark opinion today in Carpenter v. United States, ruling 5-4 that the Fourth Amendment protects cell phone location information. In an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts, the Court recognized that location information, collected by cell providers like Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon, creates a...

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Deeplinks Blog by Stephanie Lacambra, Jennifer Lynch | May 11, 2018

Senator Wyden Demands Answers from Prison Phone Service Caught Sharing Cellphone Location Data

Do you use Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile? If so, your real-time cell phone location data may have been shared with law enforcement without your knowledge or consent. How could this happen? Well, a company that provides phone services to jails and prisons has been collecting location information on...

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Deeplinks Blog by Jennifer Lynch, Andrew Crocker | December 28, 2017

The Supreme Court Finally Takes on Law Enforcement Access to Cell Phone Location Data: 2017 in Review

Protecting the highly personal location data stored on or generated by digital devices is one of the 21st century’s most important privacy issues. In 2017, the Supreme Court finally took on the question of how law enforcement can get ahold of this sensitive information.Whenever you use a cell phone, whether...