The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that location data voluntarily provided to apps is not protected by the Fourth Amendment. The ruling stems from a robbery case where police used location data from the ...
When an investigation into a Virginia bank robbery went cold a few years back, local police turned to Google. Authorities served the tech giant with a "geofence warrant," which required the company to ...
Geofence searches allow law enforcement to find suspects and witnesses by sweeping up location data from cellphone users near crime scenes. By Ann E. Marimow Reporting from Washington When the Call ...