{"id":5937,"date":"2011-08-25T16:55:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T16:55:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T16:55:54","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=5937","title":{"rendered":"“Cellphones Searched Without a Warrant in Some States”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cellphones Searched Without a Warrant in Some States<\/a> by Krystina Steffen in Good Practice writer, August 24, 2011:<\/p>\n

States have laws that must be applied when police search a car or a home, including obtaining a warrant to legally search these places. But with new lawsuits emerging in cases where police are searching and confiscating cellphones, it brings up a new topic for debate. Do the police need to have a warrant before looking at the data on your cellphone should you be stopped for a traffic violation or when they visit your home?<\/p>\n

Law enforcement agencies say that cellphone data is not a private matter. People are willing to show where they\u2019ve checked in on their Facebook wall, post pictures on Twitter of their night out, and download apps to locate their nearest friend, event, or restaurant nearby. So if police find incriminating information on a cellphone when a driver is stopped for going over the speed limit, for example, the authorities say there is one less potential criminal on the loose and the data was worth going after. Federal investigators also use cell site location information (CSLI) and cellphone data to pinpoint who did a crime in a particular area.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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