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In Major Privacy Win, Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Track Your Cellphone

The justices ruled 5-4 that police need a search warrant to obtain cellphone location information routinely collected by wireless providers.

Updated 11:02 a.m. ET

In a major win for privacy rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that police must obtain a search warrant in order to get access to cellphone location information.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 5-4 decision, joining the court's four liberals. The majority declared that the Fourth Amendment guarantees an expectation of privacy and that

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