Mobile Phone Tracking Scrutinized Summary

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In “Mobile Phone Tracking Scrutinized,” published in the Information Management Journal, associate editor Nikki Swartz identifies the issue of whether the judicial system should allow cell phone tracking records be used in courts. Although it can prove a person innocence of guilt, it violates various laws that have been implemented to protect the privacy of citizens. Questions arise to whether allowing location information should be obtained without the consumer’s knowledge. Swartz notes that in many cases “prosecutors have asked courts for the right to obtain cell-tracking data as a suspect is moving.” (Allyn & Bacon 219) If the court permits, they can allow such actions on accounts that it be a probable cause; these actions are not required