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GOVERNMENT & GAVEL

AFTER
CARPENTER
Privacy Concerns in the Digital Age
By Anna Stolley Persky

I

n a June decision, the U.S. Supreme Court voiced
its concern over the way in which technology
is encroaching upon our individual privacy. The
majority on the Court found that individuals can
have an expectation of privacy even in the digital
age, at least when it comes to cell phones.
In a majority opinion written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, the Court ruled,
5 to 4, that federal law enforcement officials generally need a warrant to access
stockpiles of location data about individuals. In essence, the Court in Carpenter
v. United States found that individuals have an expectation of privacy in their cell
site location information (CSLI) history. CSLI is automatically created whenever
an individual's cell phone is turned on, and then is automatically stored by
private companies for years afterward.
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"The Court here recognizes our new networked reality that our phones are our
private spaces even when we carry them in public," says Michael W. Carroll, an
American University Washington College of Law professor and co-director of
the law school's Program on Information, Justice and Intellectual Property.
The Court's decision in Carpenter will have an immediate impact on law enforcement investigations, says Kirk J. Nahra, a partner specializing in privacy law at
Wiley Rein LLP. The decision will make it "harder for the government to get
access to the vast array of information out there," Nahra says.
Carpenter could lead to confusion and litigation as to when and to what extent
individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their digital records held
by third parties, says Edward J. McAndrew, co-practice leader of Ballard Spahr
LLP's privacy and data security group.
"What about IP addresses? Is there a privacy interest in those?" McAndrew asks.
"If law enforcement has to get a warrant every time it seeks information from
an internet service provider about the use of a particular IP address, that's going
to make things very difficult."



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