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5th Circuit Rules That Cell Phones Are Not “Facilities” Under SCA

By Inside Privacy on December 13, 2012
Posted in Litigation, United States

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…

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