One large area of controversy is how a GPS system and location data compare to one another and how they should be protected under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. Tracking an individual’s location data is just as invasive as tracking that individual with a GPS system. A major case that helped our understanding of the protection GPS systems have under the Fourth Amendment is United States v. Jones. In United States v. Jones, the government acquired a search warrant to place a GPS system on the vehicle of the respondent’s wife. The warrant allowed the government officials to install the GPS system within 10 days in the District of Columbia. However, the officials failed to install the system within 10 days and placed it on the eleventh