United States: Supreme Court rules cellphone location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment – Anne Toomey McKenna

United States: Supreme Court rules cellphone location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment – Anne Toomey McKenna

Google to identify every cellphone in the area using cell location history. Dubbed a “geofence search,” officers obtain a warrant that permits a multistep, give-and-take information sharing process between officers and tech employees that winnows down and identifies subjects. On June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that whenever police obtain an individual’s cell location data, even from a third-party tech company, it constitutes a search unde…