Digital Privacy Rights Upheld in Landmark Cell Phone Case
Category: CRIME
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that police may not search information on an arrested suspect's cell phone without an additional search warrant. In two cases from both coasts, consolidated into a single opinion the Court held that the privacy interests in protecting the tremendous amount of personal information stored on cell phones outweighs the government's interest to its immediate access by police, even after a suspect is lawfully arrested. The cases decided today forced the Court to analyze a centuries-old constitutional amendment in light of modern technological advances.
By Brian Levin, J.D., ContributorDirector, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, Californ..., 2014-06-25