In Ruling on Cellphone Location Data, Supreme Court Makes Statement on Digital Privacy

Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the government needs a warrant in order to receive private information from the general public. After being in court, they decided that the only exceptions to this rule is for bomb threats and kidnapping.“ ‘Such exigencies,’ he wrote, ‘include the need to pursue a fleeing suspect, protect individuals who are threatened with imminent harm or prevent the imminent destruction of evidence.’ “ They only grant a warrant if they have a legitimate reason to look into a suspect in question. “ ‘Cell-site records,’ he wrote, ‘ “are uniquely suited to help the government develop probable cause to apprehend some of the nation’s most dangerous criminals: serial killers, rapists, arsonists, robbers and so forth.’ “ 

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