**BREAKING NEWS: SUPREME COURT ISSUES LANDMARK RULING on DATA PRIVACY**

BREAKING NEWS: SUPREME COURT ISSUES LANDMARK RULING ON DATA PRIVACY

What: The Supreme Court of the United States has delivered a landmark 6-3 decision establishing a constitutional right to digital data privacy, striking down a federal surveillance program as unconstitutional.

Who: The majority opinion, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, sided with privacy advocates and a class of plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union. The dissenting justices argued the ruling jeopardizes national security operations.

When: The ruling was issued at 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time today, bringing an immediate end to the contested mass data collection program.

Where: The decision was announced from the Supreme Court chamber in Washington, D.C., directly affecting federal agencies operating across all 50 states and U.S. territories.

Why: The Court found that bulk metadata collection by the National Security Agency violated the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches. The ruling cited the “unique digital footprint” of modern communication as requiring new constitutional standards.

Impact: This ruling invalidates key provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, requires immediate deletion of millions of collected records, and creates a federal mandate for warrant-based surveillance. Major technology firms are expected to revise data-sharing policies within 48 hours.