Supreme Court Ruling Creates New Opportunities to Challenge Government Data Requests

Short summary

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Chatrie v. United States that police requests for cellphone location data constitute Fourth Amendment searches, requiring probable cause and particularity. The decision rejects the argument that using smartphone location services waives privacy rights, extending protections beyond geofence warrants to any broad government demand for digital records held by third parties. Businesses and individuals now have stronger legal grounds to challenge overly broad subpoenas and warrants for customer or employee data.

• •Supreme Court rules 6-3 that geofence warrants and location data requests are Fourth Amendment searches
• •Using smartphone location services does not constitute consent to government surveillance
• •Ruling gives businesses and individuals stronger basis to challenge broad government data demands

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