Records reveal the scale of Homeland Security's phone location data purchasesAn ACLU investigation found that officials bought over 336,000 data points.By J. Fingas, 07.18.2022
The Treasury Department is buying sensitive app data for investigationsThere are concerns investigators are bypassing due process.By J. Fingas, 11.06.2021
Google is sharing user data tied to search keywords with law enforcementThere are concerns it might violate constitutional rights.By J. Fingas, 10.08.2020
House amendment would require warrants for web history searchesThe Lofgren-Davidson amendment could protect Americans' internet privacy.By C. Fisher, 05.26.2020
District judge rules FBI needs a warrant to access your lock screenThe man’s lawyer argues that the evidence from the lock screen should be suppressed.By M. DeAngelis, 05.22.2020
Court says data swept up by the NSA is protected by the Fourth AmendmentJudges found the incidental collection through PRISM to be legal, but querying that data might not be.By J. Fingas, 12.18.2019
Federal judge rules suspicionless device searches at the border are illegalBorder agents will need cause or warrants to look at phones and laptops.By J. Fingas, 11.12.2019
FISA court: FBI use of NSA's electronic surveillance data was illegalThe surveillance court found tens of thousands of improper database searches in 2017 and 2018.By C. Fisher, 10.08.2019
ACLU: Police must get warrants to obtain personal data from carsIt's telling a court that black boxes are covered by the Fourth Amendment.By J. Fingas, 06.17.2019
Sixth Circuit rules that law enforcement doesn't need a warrant to track your phoneBy J. Trew, 08.15.2012
Hawaii's proposed online tracking law comes under fire from ISPs, civil libertariansBy A. Toor, 01.27.2012
Supreme Court says police must get search warrant to use GPS tracking devicesBy D. Melanson, 01.23.2012
Texas judge says warrantless cellphone tracking violates Fourth Amendment, saga continuesBy A. Toor, 11.18.2011
DoJ: Stingray cellphone tracking device falls under Fourth Amendment, but don't ask about itBy A. Toor, 11.06.2011
Court reaffirms: fourth amendment rights not violated if the police install a GPS device on your car when it's not in your garageBy L. Dziuban, 08.27.2010