If you own and iPhone, it will track where you’ve been, roughly every few minutes. A neat application- iPhone Tracker – is available for individuals to visualize what type of data is on their phone. None of this data is sent to Apple. It sits on your iPhone and is transferred to your computer when you synch devices.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday, January 23, 2012 that police must get a search warrant before they attach a GPS device to a suspect’s car. The decision, however, is also notable for the privacy issues it does not settle.
In separate opinions, the justices raised questions about how much privacy people can expect as they buy GPS-enabled smartphones and cars equipped with tracking devices meant for safety, but which may be susceptible to misuse by government – even as they agreed that the FBI went too far in this case