RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A detective investigating an armed bank robbery in Midlothian turned to Google when other leads in the case didn’t work out, obtaining a search warrant for the location history ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A geofence is a virtual map around a physical location. It's a tool used by Escambia County ...

Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google’s servers, effectively ending a long-running surveillance practice that allowed police and law ...

New privacy enhancements introduced for Google Maps this week are reportedly designed to end geofence warrants from law enforcement agencies, according to a new report. Google announced the ...

Civil liberties advocates have long argued that “geofence” search warrants are unconstitutional for their ability to ensnare entirely innocent people who were nearby at the time a crime was committed.

When FBI agents investigating a 2019 bank robbery in Midlothian, Virginia, wanted to know who was near the scene, they did not start with a suspect. They started with a map. Agents drew a digital ...

The US Supreme Court is hearing arguments about the legality of so-called geofence warrants, sometimes also referred to as ...

Court documents suggest the FBI has been using controversial geofence search warrants at a scale not publicly seen before, collecting account information and location data on hundreds of devices ...

Geofence searches allow law enforcement to find suspects and witnesses by sweeping up location data from cellphone users near crime scenes. By Ann E. Marimow Reporting from Washington When the Call ...