Of all of the recent technological developments that have expanded the surveillance capabilities of law enforcement agencies at the expense of individual privacy, perhaps the most powerful is cell ...

If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you shop for groceries, where you go to church and see your doctor, and where ...

VIRGINIA, Minn. (CN) — A man convicted of the beating death of a homeless man in 2021 argued before the Minnesota Supreme Court Thursday his privacy rights were violated the rural Minnesota murder ...

While some states have taken steps to protect cell phone information, Massachusetts could become the first state to outright ban the sale of location data from cell phones. A bill making its way ...

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 ...

Getting lost indoors can be frustrating. Whether it’s finding your gate at an airport or navigating a large shopping mall, the struggle is real. Businesses and institutions face challenges in making ...

Most Americans have a cell phone on them or nearby at all times and are concerned with the legality of cell phone location tracking. The courts have wobbled back and forth on Fourth Amendment rulings ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against ...

Some 250 years after the Sons of Liberty threw chests of tea into the Boston Harbor, the State of Massachusetts could be about to lead the nation in a different sort of revolution. Lawmakers in the ...

North Carolina House lawmakers are moving ahead with a bill requiring wireless providers to cooperate with law enforcement. Providers would be required to quickly provide cell phone location data to ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosiers planning to commit a crime probably should leave their mobile phones at home — unless they want to make it easier for police to nab them. The Indiana Supreme Court ruled ...

The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled July 2 that location data voluntarily provided by smartphone app users is not protected by the Fourth Amendment. Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy wrote in a ...