Sunday, November 20, 2011

Judge says feds need warrant for cellphone info

A federal judge in Houston has ruled that authorities need a search warrant to obtain cellphone records that can be used to track a person's movements. U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes's order upheld a magistrate judge's 2010 ruling denying a request by federal authorities in three separate criminal investigations to compel cellphone companies to provide — without a search warrant — 60 days of records for several phones. Hughes said in his ruling that cellphone data is constitutionally protected from intrusion and can only be acquired with a search warrant. The ruling was issued Nov. 11 and made public this week...more

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