AT&T Comes Out in Support of Stricter Standards for Police Cell Location Phone Tracking

by Gary Kopycinski on November 17, 2014

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MIAMI –-(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014. In a landmark move in the battle over privacy rights and new technologies, AT&T has filed a federal court brief arguing that courts must account for people’s Fourth Amendment rights before authorizing law enforcement to get phone location histories from their cell service companies.