Mali Friedman writes:
Yesterday the Fifth Circuit ruled in Garcia v. City of San Laredo that personal cell phones are not “facilities” under the Stored Communications Act (SCA), agreeing with a growing number of courts that have reached the same conclusion. In reaching this decision, the court rejected the claim of plaintiff Garcia, a former police dispatcher for the City of San Laredo, that the City had improperly accessed text messages and images stored on her cell phone in violation of the SCA.
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