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In a major victory for privacy, today unanimously held that, 鈥淭he Government鈥檚 attachment of the GPS device to the vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle鈥檚 movements, constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.鈥� The Court found that the government violated the Fourth Amendment, which protects American from unreasonable searches, when it placed a GPS device to Antoine Jones鈥檚 car and tracked his movements continuously for a month.

This case is particularly significant because it is the first time the Supreme Court has had to consider the constitutionality of location-tracking technology. While this case is specifically about whether police need a warrant to put a GPS tracking device on a person鈥檚 car, it is the closest the Court is likely to come anytime soon to addressing location tracking, and the decision could influence the law on cell phone tracking.

The 老澳门开奖结果 filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Court to find that the wealth of personal details gleaned from the 24/7 surveillance of GPS tracking rises to the level of private information that is covered by the Fourth Amendment. We鈥檙e very pleased to hear the Court recognized that 24-7 GPS tracking is so intrusive and should be prohibited under the Bill of Rights except when authorized by a court based on probable cause to believe that criminal activity is afoot.

To help ensure that the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision is enforced, and ask them to support pending bill that would protect Americans鈥� cell phone location data from being obtained by law enforcement without a warrant.

Stay tuned for more analysis of this important decision this week!

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