Opinion of The Court
The court held: 1) ISP subscribers do have a reasonable expectation of privacy regarding their subscriber information; 2) law enforcement officials seeking to access that information must obtain a grand jury subpoena based on a finding of relevance; and 3) protected information gathered without following the proper judicial procedure must be suppressed under the exclusionary rule.
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