[telecom] Justices Say GPS Tracker Violated Privacy Rights

Justices Say GPS Tracker Violated Privacy Rights

By ADAM LIPTAK

January 23, 2012 The New York Times

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that the police violated the Constitution when they placed a Global Positioning System tracking device on a suspect's car and monitored its movements for 28 days.

But the justices divided 5-to-4 on the rationale for the decision, with the majority saying that the problem was the placement of the device on private property. That ruling avoided many difficult questions, including how to treat information gathered from devices installed by the manufacturer and how to treat information held by third parties like cellphone companies.

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***** Moderator's Note *****

The FBI had a warrant to attach a GPS locator to the defendent's car, but it was executed after its expiration date, and in Maryland instead of the District of Columbia location specified in the warrant.

We used to have a saying, when I was a Military Policeman: "Catch you next time".

Bill Horne Moderator

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