Summary
- The Supreme Court ruled in Chatrie v. United States that police conducting searches for phone location data generally require a warrant, reinforcing Fourth Amendment protections.
- Decided on June 29, 2026, the 6-3 ruling applies similar reasoning from Carpenter (2018) to Google Location History, even for short timeframes.
- The case was remanded to the Fourth Circuit to evaluate the warrant's adherence to probable cause and particularity standards.
- This decision leaves unresolved issues regarding real-time tracking and data purchased from brokers, highlighting ongoing legal ambiguities in digital privacy.
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