Tag: cell site location data
By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Sun Oct 19, 2014 at 06:27:10 PM EST
Tags: cell site location data (all tags)
Posted on Sun Oct 19, 2014 at 06:27:10 PM EST
Tags: cell site location data (all tags)
Courts continue to be divided on whether a search warrant is needed for cops to obtain cell site locator data. This week the Florida Supreme Court ruled a warrant is necessary. It is the first state to decide the issue based on the 4th Amendment.
The case specifically involves cell tower data for a convicted drug dealer that police obtained from a telecom without a warrant. But the way the ruling is written, it would also cover the use of so-called “stingrays”—sophisticated technology law enforcement agencies use to locate and track people in the field without assistance from telecoms.
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