Category Archives: Privacy

U. S. Supreme Court Unanimously Rule that GPS Installation and Tracking of a Vehicle Constitutes a Search, But The Justices Disagree on Rationale – Are Lines Being Drawn on Privacy Rights and New Technology?

By Jeff Neuburger on January 23rd, 2012 Posted in Privacy

In a narrowly-drawn majority opinion, the United States Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Antoine Jones that the Government’s attachment of a GPS-tracking device to a vehicle, and the subsequent monitoring of the movements of that vehicle on public streets, constitutes a search. Because the Government conceded in the case that it did not… Continue Reading

There’s No Sense Waiting to See What the U.S. Supreme Court Has to Say about GPS Tracking

By Jeff Neuburger on January 5th, 2012 Posted in Privacy

That appears to be the opinion of Magistrate Judge David Noce in United States v. Robinson, No. 4:11-cr-00361 (D. Mo. Dec. 27, 2011), who ruled that GPS tracking of a public official suspected of having a no-show municipal job did not require a warrant. This is, of course, the issue that is before the U.S…. Continue Reading

Proskauer on Privacy: Boston Edition

By Jeff Neuburger on December 2nd, 2010 Posted in Privacy

Following the success of our Annual Proskauer on Privacy Conference in New York, we are taking the program on the road and invite you to attend our first Proskauer on Privacy: Boston Edition. Presented by the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Group, this conference will focus on the latest developments in this area of law…. Continue Reading

It’s Ten O’Clock. Does the FBI Know Where You (Or At Least Your Cell Phone) Are?

By Jeff Neuburger on February 11th, 2010 Posted in Privacy

UPDATE: Audio files of the oral argument in this appeal are available on the Web site of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, here and here. If the FBI wants to know where an individual is, and if the Department of Justice prevails in a case rescheduled for argument tomorrow in snowy… Continue Reading