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Thinkingabout

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3. I don't think it is any doubt there needs to be warrants to collect the records

Reply to villager (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:07 PM

Jun 2014

cell phone records.

"A US Appellate Court has ruled that police must obtain a warrant before collecting cellphone location data, finding that acquiring records of what cell towers a phone connected to and when it was connected to them constitutes a Fourth Amendment search. "

When warrants are issued then they are legal, this is normal for police departments to acquire warrants when getting the records.

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Warrantless cellphone location tracking is illegal, US circuit court rules [View all] villager Jun 2014 OP

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The SCOTUS will clear this all up when it gets to them. nm rhett o rick Jun 2014 #2

Scalia (surprisingly) usually goes awoke_in_2003 Jun 2014 #6

I don't think it is any doubt there needs to be warrants to collect the records Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #3

WWTFFD? smallcat88 Jun 2014 #4

You shoud read up on what actually happened during the Revolutionary War. I'd recommend 24601 Jun 2014 #7

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #5