In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules geofence warrants are protected by privacy rights

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy in cell-phone location data, requiring law enforcement to obtain search warrants before requesting geofence location information from tech companies like Google. The ruling applies the 4th Amendment to location data collected by apps and services.