The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that law enforcement must obtain a search warrant for geofence location data, citing a reasonable expectation of privacy in cell-phone location information.
A federal judge denied Joe Biden's attempt to block the release of recordings made with his ghostwriter to a conservative group, citing public interest over privacy. The recordings, obtained by Special Counsel Robert Hur, are sought by congressional Republicans.
The Supreme Court heard arguments in Chatrie v. United States, a case examining whether police geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendment. The case stems from a 2019 Virginia bank robbery where investigators used Google Maps Location History data to identify suspect Okello Chatrie. Police requested data on anyone within 300 meters of the crime scene, ultimately narrowing to three de-anonymized accounts. Chatrie's attorneys argue the warrantless location data collection constituted an unreasonable search, while the government contends users voluntarily shared data with Google. The ruling could reshape digital privacy rights and affect how law enforcement accesses data from tech companies.
Congress is once again attempting to pass a national data privacy law. But while it would introduce new protections in some states, it would weaken privacy rights in others - and it's missing several elements that privacy advocates deem necessary. The SECURE Data Act is the product of a Republican data privacy working group led […]
Tim Cook's 15-year tenure as Apple CEO is scrutinized for its privacy contradictions. While Cook built Apple's pro-privacy brand by resisting FBI demands in 2015, suing NSO Group, and launching App Tracking Transparency, his compliance with Chinese and Russian data laws—transferring user data to state-backed servers and removing apps like WhatsApp and Signal—has sparked criticism from privacy advocates who argue Apple's privacy marketing doesn't match its operational reality.
