More than a dozen high technology companies and the biggest wireless operator in the United States, Verizon Communications (VZ, -0.68%), have called on the U.S. Supreme Court to make it harder for government officials to access individuals’ sensitive cellphone data.
The companies filed a 44-page brief with the court on Monday night in a high-profile dispute over whether police should have to get a warrant before obtaining data that could reveal a cellphone user’s whereabouts.
Signed by some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names, including Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Snap and Alphabet’s Google, the brief said that as individuals’ data is increasingly collected through digital devices, greater privacy protections are needed under the law.
