In a time of increasing reliance on wireless communication, issues of cell phone privacy have a potential for widespread impact. Pew Research Center data shows that 90 percent of American adults now have a cell phone. For many, a cell phone is a constant companion.
The recent opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in U.S. v. Quartavious Davis stands at the crossroad of technology and privacy. In Davis, the Eleventh Circuit held that cell site location information is within a cell phone subscriber’s reasonable expectation of privacy, and that law enforcement’s obtaining of that information without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment.
