Which of the following scenarios would be most likely to violate the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution with regard to contact tracing?
Which of the following scenarios would be most likely to violate the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution with regard to contact tracing?
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures, which has been interpreted to cover electronic surveillance and data collection. A government program that automatically installs a contact-tracing app on an individual's phone and collects data without obtaining the individual's consent would most likely violate these protections, as it constitutes an unreasonable search and seizure without consent or probable cause.
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects Americans' “persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures.” This has been interpreted to include protection from electronic searches as well as many forms of surveillance.