Proposed GPS Act Clarifies, Improves Location Privacy
By Jennifer Granick on June 21, 2011 at 1:24 pm
On June 15, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) announced the Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act, a statute which would require law enforcement to get a warrant before using technology to track individuals’ physical location. The statute would offer certainty in an uncertain legal regime. Currently, both the Ninth Circuit and the Seventh Circuit allow officers to attach a GPS device to your car and track you without cause, while the D.C. Circuit does not permit such warrantless surveillance. Read more about Proposed GPS Act Clarifies, Improves Location Privacy