Two bills introduced Thursday in the House and Senate would compel law enforcement agents to obtain a warrant before affixing a GPS tracker to a vehicle, using a cell site simulator to locate someone through their mobile device or obtaining geolocation data from third-party service providers.
The comprehensive bills would also prohibit private investigators and other private individuals from using a GPS device to surreptitiously track someone’s location without their consent, thus closing a number of holes that were left open in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision about GPS trackers last year.
The Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act (H.R. 1312), introduced in the House by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and in the Senate by lawmakers Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Mark Kirk (R-Illinois), has gained wide support from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier
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Of course the Obama Administration is against these bills.
Chaffetz is referring to arguments the Obama administration made this week to a federal appeals court in another case that law enforcement agents should not have to obtain a probable-cause warrant to use a GPS tracker. The administration argued that current broad exemptions that allow agents to conduct warrantless searches at borders and in other circumstances should apply to the use of GPS devices as well.
To be fair and before someone else says it. The Bush administration would also likely be against these bills. It's all about power and control it's not about Rs or Ds.
Two bills introduced Thursday in the House and Senate would compel law enforcement agents to obtain a warrant before affixing a GPS tracker to a vehicle, using a cell site simulator to locate someone through their mobile device or obtaining geolocation data from third-party service providers.
The comprehensive bills would also prohibit private investigators and other private individuals from using a GPS device to surreptitiously track someone’s location without their consent, thus closing a number of holes that were left open in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision about GPS trackers last year.
The Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act (H.R. 1312), introduced in the House by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and in the Senate by lawmakers Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Mark Kirk (R-Illinois), has gained wide support from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier
:thumbsup:
Of course the Obama Administration is against these bills.
Chaffetz is referring to arguments the Obama administration made this week to a federal appeals court in another case that law enforcement agents should not have to obtain a probable-cause warrant to use a GPS tracker. The administration argued that current broad exemptions that allow agents to conduct warrantless searches at borders and in other circumstances should apply to the use of GPS devices as well.
To be fair and before someone else says it. The Bush administration would also likely be against these bills. It's all about power and control it's not about Rs or Ds.
Agreed. As far as the bills, I support them, but then again, I agree with your last statement, so we're up the proverbial creek. tongue:
