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EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Geofence Search Warrant Held Valid

County police officers were investigating a theft of farm equipment. They applied for a “geofence warrant” to be served on Google: “A geofence warrant authorizes the seizure of location data collected from smartphones of...more

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Where in the World is That Phone? Geolocation of Mobile Devices

Mobile devices and cell phones are frequent sources of evidence in modern legal cases and investigations, and a common question involves where a phone was at a particular time. Although CSI makes this seem like a question...more

Lerch, Early & Brewer

No Need to Hit Record: Your Smartphone is Tracking You (and Your Spouse)

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Since the dawn of cellphones, partners in domestic disputes who suspect their spouse is cheating on them want to see their partner’s phone records....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Tech giant to pay $62M in smartphone location tracking suit

On September 14, 2023, in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary approval of a proposed Class Action Settlement Agreement and Release...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Don’t [geo]fence Me In: Federal Court Invalidates General Warrant For All Google Users Near A Bank Robbery

On May 20, 2019, at approximately 4:52 p.m., a man walked into the Call Federal Credit Union outside Richmond, Virginia, pointed a firearm at the tellers, and threatened to kill them and their families unless he was given at...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Location Data Results in Resignation of High-Profile Church Official

Location data is data that marks the longitude/latitude location of a smartphone or other device at a particular time, or over a period of time. It works like this: each day our device, which has a unique identifier or ID,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Time to Update Your Privacy Disclosure Creation Checklists? Google Will Add to Mobile Privacy Disclosure Requirements

Google recently announced that beginning next year it will require Android mobile apps to provide privacy disclosures. These disclosures will live in a new “safety section” in Google Play...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Mobile Platforms to Block Data Broker from Collecting User Location Data

On December 9, 2020, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple and Google will block the data broker X-Mode Social Inc. (“X-Mode”) from collecting location data from iPhone and Android users. Apple and Google have...more

Alston & Bird

BREAKING: Location and Mobile Data in the Fight against COVID-19 – An Overview of U.S. and Global Efforts

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Governments are increasingly seeking to leverage consumer geolocation and other mobile device data to assist with fighting the spread of COVID-19, as cases continue to mount globally. Location data can be of significant...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #202 – Check the Privacy Settings on Your Phone Frequently

I once again had the pleasure of presenting Cybersecurity for Tax Professionals at the IRS Nationwide Tax Forum today. The conference is designed for tax professionals in small- to medium-sized businesses....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Tracking Your Every Move: Investigation Finds Telecom Giants Sold Customer GPS Data

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Who can track your location through your smartphone? The phone companies have the ability to do so, and until recently, have been selling your location data to private companies so that bounty hunters and creditors could...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #174 – Cell Phone Geolocation Questions Answered

Last week’s Privacy Tip centered on how our cell phone geolocation data is being sold by the telephone companies Cell Phone Geolocation Data Being Sold. ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

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Google is facing a federal lawsuit in San Francisco over last week’s AP investigation that showed that the search giant “was sill tracking iPhone and Android device users, even if they turned off the ‘Location History’...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Carpenter May Reveal A Recipe For Defense In High Tech Criminal And Regulatory Cases

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The U.S. Supreme Court has once again expanded the Fourth Amendment protections afforded to certain modern digital communications. And in doing so, the unusual five-justice majority led by Chief Justice Roberts has suggested...more

Alston & Bird

U.S. Supreme Court Builds On Individuals’ Privacy Rights

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In a landmark Fourth Amendment case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that digital is different. A cross-practice team from our National Security & Digital Crimes and Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response teams parse the narrow...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

U.S. Supreme Court Requires Warrant for Law Enforcement Requests for Location Information from Third Parties

The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down a major decision, Carpenter v. United States, concerning the Fourth Amendment’s application to the rapidly evolving technological landscape. The 5-4 decision dramatically alters the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Location Information Is Protected by the 4th Amendment, SCOTUS Rules

As close observers of the implications of privacy law on companies’ data collection, usage and disclosure practices, we at Socially Aware were among the many tech-law enthusiasts anticipating the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent...more

Dechert LLP

Privacy of Cell Location Data – Analysis of Carpenter Decision

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In a closely watched decision, the United States Supreme Court recently held in Carpenter v. United States that government prosecutors must seek a warrant to obtain cell phone site location information from cell phone service...more

Polsinelli

In Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court Extends Fourth Amendment Protections to Consumer Data Held by Wireless Carriers

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in Carpenter v. United States that the government must have a warrant to access an individual’s cell phone location history from wireless carriers. The Court held, in a 5–4 opinion issued...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

INSIGHT: Cracking Open a Can of Worms: Why Carpenter v. United States May Not Be the Privacy Decision That Was Needed or Wanted

On June 22, 2018, the United States Supreme Court appeared to establish a new standard for privacy rights when its decision in Carpenter v. United States, 2018 BL 222220 (2018), held that the government’s acquisition of a...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

You’re Gonna Need A Warrant For That….

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On June 22, 2018, in Carpenter v. United States, the United States Supreme Court decided that the federal government would need a warrant in order to obtain historical location data from cellular service providers, based on...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

What the U.S. Supreme Court's Cell Tower Ruling Means for the Intersection of Privacy and Modern Technology

In a 5-4 decision on June 22, the Supreme Court in Carpenter v. United States ruled that the police need a search warrant to access cell tower records that can map a criminal suspect’s location and movements. Chief Justice...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

Judge Facciola Says Carpenter Decision May Signal the End of the Third Party Doctrine

The Carpenter decision has been the focus of many discussions since it came down last week. In a closely watched case, a 5-4 SCOTUS ruled that police access to a person’s historical cell phone tower site records (7 days or...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Narrow Ruling for Privacy at SCOTUS in Carpenter

The Supreme Court ruled, at the end of June, that seizing cell-site location information—data that tracks cell phone users’ movements—constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment. Speaking for a 5-4 majority in Carpenter...more

A&O Shearman

Supreme Court Requires Law Enforcement To Obtain Search Warrants Before Accessing Certain Cell Phone Location Data

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On June 22, 2018, in a 5-4 ruling, the United States Supreme Court held that the government’s acquisition of certain cell-site location information (“CSLI”) kept by third parties constitutes a search under the Fourth...more

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