Supreme Court rules cops need a warrant to vacuum up phone location data

🇬🇧 The Register (GB) —
Supreme Court rules cops need a warrant to vacuum up phone location data

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The UK Supreme Court ruled that police must obtain a warrant to collect phone location data, citing protections akin to the Fourth Amendment. This decision limits unauthorized mass data collection efforts in the United Kingdom.

Efforts to grab all the location data in an area get clogged by Fourth Amendment

World Security Politics Supreme Court phone location data warrant privacy police UK Fourth Amendment

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