SCOTUS Tracks NCLA Arguments to Place Guardrails on Government’s Sweeping Surveillance Scheme

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Chatrie v. U.S. that government collection of location data via geofences constitutes a Fourth Amendment search, overturning a Fourth Circuit decision. The ruling reaffirms the 2018 Carpenter v. United States decision that individuals have a legitimate expectation of privacy in their location history, even when collected through third-party tech companies.