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Daily Dashboard | SCOTUS To Hear Cellphone Privacy Cases Related reading: OMB to issue government-wide AI risk mitigation directive

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Politico reports that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases involving warrantless searches by law enforcement of suspects’ cellphones. The two cases—Wurie v. U.S. and Riley v. California—were granted cert by the court last Friday. In Riley, police searched a suspect’s text messages, photos and videos, finding evidence of gang-related activity and images implicating him in a separate crime. In Wurie, law enforcement went through the call logs of the suspect. The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Hanni Fakhoury said, “These cases give the court the chance to determine to what extent the Fourth Amendment applies to newer technologies and whether the breadth and scope of information stored on a smartphone matters under the Constitution. We think it does and hope the Court agrees with us.” Editor’s Note: Privacy Perspectives recently opined on an Associated Press report on the wariness expressed by Supreme Court justices about ruling on technology-related cases.
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