AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Interests of privacy protection and effective law enforcement collided Wednesday as a bill to restrict “geo-tracking” of people through their cell phones received a committee review in the State House.
The Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Assistant Senate Republican Leader Roger Katz’s bill that would require police to get a court-approved warrant to obtain location information from a cellphone or other electronic device.
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