FILE PHOTO: A woman uses her phone to photograph One World Trade Center tower in New York, NY, U.S. on August 27, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court is set to consider a major cellphone privacy case later this month, but leading players in the wireless industry that is at the centre of the closely watched dispute are keeping their distance.
The case, to be heard by the justices on Nov 29, involves whether a warrant is required for authorities to obtain cellphone location information that could implicate criminal suspects, the latest in a string of Supreme Court cases on privacy rights in the digital age.
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