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Privacy Bill Advances After Senators Clarify Search-and-Rescue Exemption for Cell "Pinging"
Summary
Senators advanced House Bill 128 to third reading after agreeing the bill will prohibit bulk collection of device-location data while preserving judicially recognized emergency exceptions such as search-and-rescue; sponsors said the Department of Public Safety requested language to protect emergency operations.
House Bill 128, which would restrict bulk collection of electronic-device location data and require judicial authorization for most probes, advanced on the Senate floor after sponsors and affected agencies agreed language preserves emergency exceptions such as search-and-rescue.
Senator Madsen, sponsor of the bill, told colleagues the measure codifies best practices around warrants and limits indiscriminate collection by vehicle-mounted devices that can sweep location metadata broadly. He described the…
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