The case involved “geofence” searches, which allow law enforcement to find suspects and witnesses by sweeping up location data from cellphones near crime scenes. By Ann E. Marimow and Adam Liptak ...

Windows users can import browser data from Google Chrome to Microsoft Edge in the first run. This feature has especially been designed to keep users sticking to Microsoft Edge while they are setting ...

Law enforcement officials frequently draw virtual fences around areas of interest and require Google to identify every cellphone in the area using cell location history. Dubbed a “geofence search,” ...

The Supreme Court on Monday said that police must generally obtain a warrant to gather detailed location data tracked by smartphones, in a case that brings into sharper relief the Constitution’s ...

WASHINGTON — In a ruling applying individual constitutional protections to new technology, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that sweeping use of cellphone location data requires a warrant. Subscribe ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Updated on June 29 at 3:50 p.m. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that when law enforcement officials used a “geofence warrant ...

Modern businesses run on data. Companies regularly capture, store and analyze large amounts of quantitative and qualitative data on consumer behavior, to which they can apply predictive analytics to ...

Lock Down Location Tracking (and Manage Your Timeline) Accessing your location data may be a bit trickier these days. All location data is maintained in a repository that Google calls Timeline. It's a ...