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Monday, September 15. 2008

PA Fed Judge Says "No Personal Location Data without Warrant"

Routing, Tracking, Logistics

In the past, investigators were able to obtain a person's location information if they could convince a judge it was relevant to the case. Now, Judge Terrence McVerry of the Western Pennsylvania U.S. District Court upheld an earlier ruling that that's not good enough. A warrant, ideally confirming probable cause a crime was committed, is required. The ruling does not apply across the U.S.

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Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Routing, Tracking, Logistics at 07:24 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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