BREAKING NEWS: Minnesota legislature passes bill to ban warrantless cellphone tracking. House voted 130-0 and Senate voted 63-1 #privacy #minnesota ST. PAUL, Min., – May 14, 2014. A bipartisan bill which bans Minnesota law enforcement from obtaining cellphone location tracking information without a warrant passed final hurdles in the state House and Senate today. The House vote was 130-0 and the Senate vote was 63-1. SF2466 was introduced by Sen. Brandon Petersen (R-Andover) and cosponsored by two democrat and two republican senators. It reads, in part: A government entity may not obtain the location information of an electronic device without a court order. A court order granting access to location information must be issued only if the government entity shows that there is probable cause the person who possesses an electronic device is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a crime. SF2466 would not only protect people in Minnesota from warrantless data gathering by state and local law enforcement, it will also end some practical effects of unconstitutional data gathering by the federal government. offnow.org/2014/05/14/governors-desk-minnesota-legislature-bans-warrantless-cellphone-tracking/
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 14:33:19 +0000
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