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Court upholds FCC’s data roaming rule
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- December 29 2012
The D.C. Circuit has held, in Cellco Partnership v. Federal Communications Commission, that the FCC can require wireless carriers to allow data roaming on
Privacy: there’d better be an app for That
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- December 22 2012
App makers who did not heed California Attorney General Kamala Harris's warning that they needed to have a privacy policy accessible from the app should
Court allows privacy suit to proceed against app maker
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- November 3 2012
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a mixed decision on an app maker’s motion to dismiss federal and state claims arising from its collection of personal information
Court drops call on communications privacy
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- October 27 2012
The Supreme Court of Arkansas has held in Gulley v. State of Arkansas that police do not need a warrant to obtain the content of text messages, and that a mere subpoena will suffice
Sixth Circuit okays warrantless tracking of cell phones
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- September 8 2012
Police do not need a warrant to obtain GPS, cell-site, or “ping” location data for mobile phones, according to a recent decision by the Sixth Circuit
Apple mostly wins In mobile tracking suit
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- June 23 2012
A federal district court in California rejected most claims against Apple, Inc., and other mobile industry defendants over their alleged data collection and mobile tracking practices
Federal Wiretap Act does not preempt state law, court finds
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- May 12 2012
The federal Wiretap Act does not preempt more privacy-protective state legislation, according to a recent ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
No warrant needed to access cell phone location data, court holds
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- April 7 2012
A federal district court in Maryland has ruled in United States v. Graham that the government did not need a warrant to compel a cell phone service provider to turn over more than six months’ worth of historical cell-site data that it then used to trace the movement of criminal suspects
Ninth Circuit allows surveillance case to proceed against government, but not telecoms
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- January 7 2012
A law granting immunity to telecommunications companies that allegedly assisted the U.S. government in conducting warrantless surveillance on American citizens is constitutional, according to the Ninth Circuit
Another court requires a search warrant for cellphone tracking
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- December 10 2011
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas last month upheld a magistrate’s earlier ruling that the government must secure a search warrant before compelling cellular service providers to turn over historical cell-site location data
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- Workarea - Information Technology
- Workarea - Litigation
- Workarea - Telecommunications
- Author - Sally Albertazzie
- Jurisdiction - USA