In what's believed to be the first case of its kind, a student argued that his university violated his Fourth Amendment rights when it asked him for a webcam recording of his testing space. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
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A traffic enforcement officer chalks tires in Arvada, Colo., in 2014. Physically marking a tire without a warrant is a violation of the Fourth Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled. Kent Nishimura/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police need a warrant to obtain cellphone location information routinely collected by wireless providers. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
In Major Privacy Win, Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Track Your Cellphone
An unidentified man walks in front of the Microsoft logo at an event in New Delhi. Microsoft is at the center of a Supreme Court case on whether it has to turn over emails stored overseas. Altaf Qadri/AP hide caption
Court Seems Unconvinced Of Microsoft's Argument To Shield Email Data Stored Overseas
Anti-Trump protesters chant during an Inauguration Day demonstration in Washington, D.C., in January. A judge has narrowed the Justice Department's warrant for records related to a website used to plan protests. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
The Department of Justice has issued a warrant for a web hosting company to turn over all records related to the website of #DisruptJ20, a group that organized actions to spoil President Trump's inauguration in January. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Under new rules, the Justice Department can ask a federal court for permission to search mobile devices outside the court's district. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
