US SC imposes restrictions on collection of mobile phone data pinpointing the past location of criminal suspects

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07/2018

US SC imposes restrictions on collection of mobile phone data pinpointing the past location of criminal suspects

IN Timothy Carpenter v. United States, Timothy Carpenter v. United States, the US Apex Court with a ratio of 5:4 imposed limits on the ability of police to obtain mobile phone data pinpointing the past location of criminal suspects. Furthermore while deliberating upon the question that whether access of historical cell phone records that provide a comprehensive chronicle of the user’s past movements, is a search by the Government under the Fourth Amendment, the Court in affirmation held that Government’s acquisition of cell-site records is a Fourth Amendment search.

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