State v. Bobby L. Tate

*202SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, C.J.

¶ 52. (<dissenting). "Advances in technology offer great benefits to society in many areas. At the same time, they can pose significant risks to individual privacy rights."1 The proliferation of cell phones and their location tracking capabilities exemplify the risks to privacy rights posed by technological advancement.

¶ 53. The criminal cases State v. Tate2 and State v. Subdiaz-Osorio3 raise the question whether individuals have a constitutional right of privacy in their cell phone location data. In other words, do the United States4 and Wisconsin Constitutions5…