Event Brief
Supreme Court requires warrants for geofence location data
Filed: Jun 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM ET
Summary: SCOTUS ruled geofence warrants require Fourth Amendment warrants and reasonable cause.
WHO: U.S. Supreme Court
WHAT: Ruled that the government must obtain a warrant and show reasonable cause to use location history from third parties for surveillance.
WHEN: Jun 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: The Fourth Amendment protects a user's location history, and the Court found no reason to treat location history collected by third parties differently from cellphone tracking.
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