POLITICO reports on "the high-stakes privacy debate" over how law enforcement tracks citizens using geolocation data and how Congress has left the issue up to the courts. A San Francisco law professor said, "It couldn't be more up in the air than it is right now...Practices just vary magistrate judge to magistrate judge and law enforcement agency to law enforcement agency." A Justice Department official called on Congress Thursday to clarify the law, adding, "There really is no fairness when the law applies differently to different people depending on which courtroom you are standing in." There are bills pending in both Houses of Congress, but Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said it will be "a real challenge" to get the Senate bill passed soon.
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