Eleventh Circuit Says No to Warrantless Cell Tracking, Calls Other Metadata Programs Into Question
By Jennifer Granick on June 11, 2014 at 3:44 pm
Today, the Eleventh Circuit rejected the exceedingly common law enforcement practice of warrantlessly tracking suspects’ physical location using cell phone tower data. The opinion, United States v. Davis, is both welcome and overdue. Defendants who have and will be physically tracked without a warrant have new legal support to challenge that surveillance. Read more about Eleventh Circuit Says No to Warrantless Cell Tracking, Calls Other Metadata Programs Into Question