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Senators Propose Bill Requiring Warrants for GPS Data

Senators Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) and Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) are co-sponsors of the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act, or GPS. The new act would require law enforcement to get a warrant before accessing historical or real-time location data about an individual from a technology provider or device, except in cases of national security, theft or fraud.