Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Publication Citation
83 New York University Law Review 1324 (2008)
Abstract
The ubiquity of cell phones has transformed police investigations. Tracking a suspect's movements by following her phone is now a common but largely unnoticed surveillance technique. It is useful, no doubt, precisely because it is so revealing; it also raises significant privacy concerns. In this Note, I consider what the procedural requirements for cell phone tracking should be by examining the relevant statutory and constitutional law. Ultimately, the best standard is probable cause; only an ordinary warrant can satisfy the text of the statutes and the mandates of the Constitution.
Recommended Citation
Samuel, Ian, "Warrantless Location Tracking" (2008). Articles by Maurer Faculty. 2688.
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/facpub/2688