Appeals Court Upholds Government’s Use of Google Location Data in Bank Robbery Case

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Appeals Court Upholds Government’s Use of Google Location Data in Bank Robbery Case
The Google logo at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on Feb. 13, 2019. Marcio Jose Sanchez, File /AP Photo
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An appellate court on July 9 upheld the government’s use of a geofence warrant to obtain users’ location data from Google in a 2019 Virginia bank robbery case, which led to a suspect being found and charged. The court noted it upheld the warrant based on different reasons than an earlier district court ruling.

A geofence warrant requires Google to produce location history data for all users within a specific geographic area during a particular time period, affecting only users who have opted into Google collecting and storing their location data.

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