In both California and Maine, groups are pushing to restrict the ability of law enforcement to use cell phone data without a warrant. TechCrunch reports the ACLU has filed suit against the county of San Francisco to try to keep anyone from searching phones without a warrant, claiming such searches violate the California Constitution. In Maine, the Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Assistant Senate Republican Leader Roger Katz’s bill requiring police to get a warrant before accessing data from electronic devices in most cases. But the head of the Maine Attorney General’s Criminal Division says the requirement could mean “this valuable investigative tool may become unavailable in most cases.”
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