Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether dragnet warrants that law enforcement uses to scoop up smartphone users’ location ...

In the United States, law enforcement's use of geofence warrants—court orders compelling tech companies to provide location data for all devices within a specified area and timeframe—is among the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to weigh arguments for and against using geofence warrants while investigating criminal cases.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide the constitutionality of broad search warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes. The case ...

Companies use geofences to provide targeted ads to their users. But since federal authorities obtained its first geofence ...

Young people look at their smartphones as they lounge on brick steps outside on a sunny day. (natureaddict/ Pixabay via Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — The constitutionality of geofence warrants ...

I've blogged a lot about the recent geofence warrant cases in the Fourth Circuit and the Fifth Circuit, which reached opposite conclusions on whether access to geofence records is a search (and in the ...

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review the constitutionality of geofence warrants, which allow law enforcement to demand companies turn over information on cellphones online at a location during a ...

“Two hours of Location History for accounts passing through that geofence could enable police to tour a person’s home, capture their romantic rendezvous, or accompany them to church," Judge James Wynn ...