Judge Says Feds Need Warrant for Cellphone Info

Release Date ‎Nov 18, 2011‎ in ABC News

 
   

Houston federal judge rules feds need search warrant to get cellphone tracking ...

Washington Post - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
HOUSTON â€" A federal judge in Houston has ruled that authorities need a search warrant to obtain cellphone records that can be used to track a person's movements. US District Judge Lynn Hughes's one-page order upheld a magistrate judge's 2010 ruling ...

Judge Declares Law Governing Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Unconstitutional

Wall Street Journal (blog) - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
In a succinct one-page ruling, US District Court Judge Lynn N. Hughes of the Southern District of Texas declared that the law authorizing the government to obtain cellphone records without a search warrant was unconstitutional. ...

Texas Judge To Feds: Cellphone Tracking Data Protected By The Constitution

The Moderate Voice - ‎Nov 19, 2011‎
It was a Veteran's Day present to all Americans who carry a cellphone, issued with little fanfare and almost no mainstream media attention. On Nov. 11, 2011, US District Court Judge Lynn N. Hughes of the Southern District of Texas made it clear that ...

Cell phone privacy should be protected

Ennis Daily News - ‎Nov 19, 2011‎
A federal judge in Houston recently ruled that authorities need a search warrant to crack open cell phone records that can be used to track a person's movements. That sounds somewhat matter-of-fact for how important a ruling it is. ...

New judge ruling declares law enforcement must have a warrant in order to ...

AndroidGuys - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Worried about whether or not Big Brother can keep his prying eyes on your location at all times? With mobile devices relying more and more heavily on location data every day, the concern is certainly legitimate. ...

Court: Police Can't Search Cellphone Records Without Warrant

Mashable - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Worried about the police tracking your whereabouts through your mobile records? They can't â€" it's unconstitutional. US law enforcement agents do not have the right to access cellphone location records, a federal court ruled Wednesday. ...

Texas judge says warrantless cellphone tracking violates Fourth Amendment ...

Engadget - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Rev up the bureaucratic turbines, because a judge in Texas has determined that warrantless cellphone tracking is indeed unconstitutional. In a brief decision issued earlier this month, US District Judge Lynn N. ...

Judge Rules Law Enforcement Must Have a Warrant To Access Your Location Data

Phandroid.com - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
Good news today from our judicial system thanks to United States Judge Lynn Hughes who put the smackdown on a recently passed law that allowed for law enforcement to obtain location data records without ...

Texas Judge Puts the Kibosh on "Unconstitutional" Cellphone Tracking Law

Gizmodo - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
US District Court judge Lynn N. Hughes has struck down a recently-passed law that would have allowed law enforcement to obtain cell phone records without a warrant. Sorry Feds. In her one page decision brief, Hughes states, "The records would show the ...

Judge denies law on warrantless cellphone tracking

Mobile Burn - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
A US District Court judge in Texas has ruled that a law that allowed the government to obtain cellphone records without a warrant is unconstitutional. The judge said that obtaining information such as a phone's location when a call was placed requires ...

Ruling Swats Down Warrantless Wireless Records Law Insists Government Needs ...

Dslreports - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
In a new ruling, (pdf) US District Court Judge Lynn N. Hughes of the Southern District of Texas has ruled that that the law authorizing the government to obtain cellphone records ...

Judge says feds need warrant for cellphone info

Casper Star-Tribune Online - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
AP | Posted: Friday, November 18, 2011 4:28 pm | Loading… A federal judge in Houston has ruled that authorities need a search warrant to obtain cellphone records that can be used to track a person's movements. US District Judge Lynn Hughes's one-page ...

Judge says feds need warrant for cellphone info

WBTV - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
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