Lawmakers: Police Should Need Warrant to Track You via GPS

Should law enforcement need probable cause and a search warrant before tracking you via GPS? At least three lawmakers think so: Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mike Kirk (R-Ill.) along with Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) reintroduced Thursday the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act, which would require police to get a warrant before using GPS to actively track suspects' whereabouts.

The GPS act, first introduced in 2011, would require police to get a warrant to access citizens' current or prior geolocation history from their wireless service provider. The warrant requirement would additionally apply to law enforcement's secret placement of tracking devices on citizens' vehicles or other property.