Court Rules Warrant Required for Cell Phone Searches
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Correct me if I am wrong, but...
in any place of business anywhere in the US, if an employer issues cell phones to employees for business use, the employees have no business using them for personal calls or texting and employer can search the contents of these phones at any time at will. An employee's personal cell phone, on the other hand, will require a warrant to be searched. At schools, students do not have any type of expectation of privacy and their backpacks/bags, lockers, phones, and cars can be searched by school officials at any time.
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croodDec 16, 2009, 6:43 PM
If the employer owns the cell phone, then they own whatever's on it and can demand it from an employee. However, that's not pertinent to this ruling since the police would still need a warrant unless the employer grants permission.
Likewise, school lockers are school property and therefore the school officials can search. I don't believe backpacks, purses, etc. are considered closed containers.
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You're reading too much into all of this. The warrant means that the police cannot search your phone without a warrant. If an employer has a reason/need to search your phone this doesn't change that. (Meaning if you have access to sensitive materials, personal ID of others, trade secrets, etc.)
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