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Ohio Supreme Court: Your phone app location data is not protected by Fourth Amendment
In a unanimous decision, the Ohio Supreme Court said location information voluntarily given to cell phone applications is not protected by the 4th Amendment.
The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled on July 2 that location data voluntarily provided by smartphone app users is not protected by the Fourth Amendment. The robbery occurred when the victim met a person advertising a computer for sale on LetGo, an app used to sell common goods based on location. Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Kimberly Cocroft initially ruled in 2022 that prosecutors could not present location evidence against the robbery suspect in his trial.
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