SCOTUS Overturns Calif. Court Ruling, Says Cell Phone Searches by Law Enforcement Put Health Data at Risk
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that cell phone searches conducted by law enforcement officials without a warrant are unconstitutional, in part because of the potential for phones to contain personal health care data. The ruling overturns a decision by a California state appeals court after a criminal conviction in a case, Riley v. California.
- "Health Data Privacy Helped Fuel Supreme Court Cellphone Ruling" (Conn, Modern Healthcare, 6/26).