A Victory for Cell Phone Users' Privacy

The ACLU reports on A Victory for Cell Phone Users' Privacy "Today, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals decided (PDF) — in the first appellate opinion to address the issue — that the Stored Communications Act (SCA) protects historical cell phone location information from disclosure to the government, and that under the SCA, magistrate judges may order the government to obtain a warrant before accessing such information. In this decision, the court recognized that information about people's past whereabouts can implicate privacy interests protected by the Fourth Amendment because, for example, it may reveal details of what is happening inside of the privacy of the home."