Third Circuit to hear crucial 4th Amendment cell phone privacy case

02/08/10: Law.com reports that in a case that could prove to be one of the most important privacy rights battles of the modern era, the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument this week on the proper legal standard to apply when prosecutors demand cell phone location data. The case faces Justice Department lawyers square against a coalition of privacy and civil liberties lawyers from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy & Technology and the American Civil Liberties Union. HT to beSpacific.