Entries tagged with: tracking devices
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EPIC v. FBI - Stingray / Cell Site Simulator
Top News | Background | Legal Documents| Freedom of Information Act Documents | Released Documents | News Items Top News : () Background A StingRay is a device that can triangulate the source of a cellular signal by acting...
Delaware Court Strikes Down Warrantless GPS Tracking
The Delaware Superior Court has ruled that police must obtain a warrant before using GPS devices to monitor vehicles. The Court said that the Delaware Constitution protects its citizens' reasonable expectation of privacy from "constant surveillance." "Everyone understands there is...
Court of Appeals Requires Warrant for Access to Location Data
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an earlier decision that the government cannot seize historical cell-site data without first satisfying strict warrant requirements. The data identifies the location of the towers nearest to a mobile phone user at the...
Virginia Court of Appeals Authorizes Warrantless GPS Tracking
In Foltz v. Virginia, the Virginia Court of Appeals held that law enforcement may place a GPS tracking device on a vehicle without violating the Fourth Amendment. The Court found that the defendant did not have an expectation of privacy,...
EPIC Urges Massachusetts High Court to Protect Drivers From Warrantless Tracking by Law Enforcement, Warns of "Pervasive Mass Surveillance"
Today, EPIC filed a "friend of the court" brief in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, urging the Justices to require a warrant before police covertly track drivers using concealed surveillance technology. In Commonwealth v. Connolly, the Court will determine whether...
