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Supreme Court backs privacy limits on cellphone location
Filed: Jun 30, 2026 at 6:00 AM ET
Summary: The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against geofencing warrants that obtain cellphone location data for everyone in an area.
WHO: U.S. Supreme Court
WHAT: Issued a 6-3 ruling rejecting broad geofencing warrants for cellphone location data.
WHEN: Jun 29, 2026 at 6:59 PM ET
WHERE: USA
WHY: The Court rejected law enforcement's wide-ranging geofencing warrants that pull phone data of anyone in an area.
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