Warrants Now Needed for Some Massachusetts’s Cell Tower Dumps

States are dealing with the issue of law enforcements performing data dumps on cell towers individually and the highest court in Massachusetts ruled that a warrant must be obtained before moving forward. According to Bostom.com, “The court ruled that obtaining cell site location information over such a long period without a warrant based on probable cause was an invasion of privacy and a violation of the state Declaration of Rights. Cell site location information shows which cell towers a user’s phone communicates with at the beginning and end of a call, giving that person’s approximate location.”