Cell phone use access

New law allowing companies to refrain from giving out cell phone activities without a warrant

5. Does the act make any exceptions?

It sure does.

If an owner of a device gives a government entity permission to access data on that device, or if a government entity (say, the police) believes a device has been lost or stolen, it can access it to try to identity, verify or contact the owner.

There’s also an emergency provision. If the government entity believes that “an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires access to the electronic device information,” then it can go ahead and access the information. The agency still will have to file for a warrant within three days of obtaining the data, though.

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-california-electronic-privacy-20151009-story.html