Supreme Court Rules Constitutional Privacy Protections Apply to Cellphone Users’ Location History

THE Supreme Court ruled that constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone location information, reaffirming that users retain their privacy even if they use location tracking services. The case involved a bank robbery where police used a geofence warrant to track phones near the crime scene. Justice Kagan emphasized that sharing location data with a service does not equate to forfeiting privacy. Dissenting Justice Alito argued the opposite. The Court sent the case back to lower courts for further consideration regarding the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches.