Title: Courts Divided Over Searches of Cellphones
Author: Somini Sengupta
Date: November 25, 2012
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/technology/legality-of-warrantless-cellphone-searches-goes-to-courts-and-legislatures.html?ref=technology
Summary: Judges and law makers are wondering if officers will require a search warrant to view someone's cellphone records. And since the Senate committee is considering changing the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 law. As technology continues to advance the law is being left behind law makers and courts have to consider what information is private and what is owned by the phone company.
Relevance: This article is abcout the governments ability to view data that is personal to the private citizen. If the government is allowed to view anyone's private information without a warrant it can disable the rights of citizens.
Quote: "A proposed amendment would require the police to obtain a warrant to search e-mail, no matter how old it was, updating a provision that currently allows warrant-less searches of e-mails more than 180 days old."
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