SIIA Statement on SCOTUS Chatrie Ruling

The following statement can be attributed to Chris Mohr, President, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).

We welcome the Supreme Court's ruling in Chatrie v United States that accessing location history is a Fourth Amendment search requiring a warrant and that Americans do not surrender their constitutional rights simply because their data is stored on a company server. The Court reasoned that such data is "not truly shared" merely because it lives on a provider's servers, vindicating SIIA's amicus brief argument that individuals retain a reasonable expectation of privacy in cell-phone location data and that participation in modern digital life should not carry a constitutional cost.

The ruling reinforces a principle central to our advocacy: consumer trust is the foundation on which digital innovation rests, and that clear constitutional safeguards strengthen it. Today's ruling gives law enforcement, businesses and the public the clarity needed to operate with confidence. We are also gratified that the decision aligns with the framework that we've advanced and remain committed to protecting the constitutional rights that make a healthy information ecosystem possible.