The U.S. 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 center 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.
Of the four major U.S. mobile phone carriers — Verizon Communications, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile US — only Verizon has taken a stand in the case. Verizon joined a legal brief with technology companies including Alphabet’s Google and Apple calling for stronger protections for the privacy of customer data.
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