The American Civil Liberties Union will argue before the Georgia Supreme Court that police should obtain a warrant to access data collected by cars, CNET reports. Currently, police only need probable cause to search vehicles, including the data collected in the car’s infotainment system and black box. In the case Mobley v. State, Victor Mobley is appealing a reckless driving conviction, claiming police did not have a search warrant for the data collected from his car citing he had an expectation of privacy regarding the data collected. "This is yet another case that calls on a court to decide whether older doctrines from before the digital age should be extended to new kinds of intrusions on people's personal data," ACLU Staff Attorney Nathan Freed Wessler said. This is the first time a state supreme court will hear a case on this matter.
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