US Supreme Court rules Fourth Amendment protects cellphone location history
UNVERIFIED·Primary source · Ars Technica
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the government needs a warrant to access cellphone location history.
The ruling clarifies that the Fourth Amendment applies to location data collected by third parties like Google.
The case involved 'geofence warrants' used to track suspects in a bank robbery.
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US Supreme Court rules Fourth Amendment protects cellphone location history
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US Supreme Court
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United States
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June 29, 2026
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