Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., requested more data from...
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., requested more data from carriers about the number of requests law enforcement agencies make for personal cellphone information. “There are legal, constitutional and privacy implications of sharing consumers’ mobile telephone information,” Markey said in a statement…
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Thursday. “We need to know what is being collected and the legal authorities by which law enforcement is requesting the records, possibly of innocent people being swept up as part of these digital dragnets.” He requested information from several carriers last year as a member of the House. The data he requests covers 2012 and includes, according to his office: (1) geolocation of device, (2) call detail records, (3) text message content, (4) voicemail, (5) cell tower dumps, (6) wiretapping, (7) subscriber information, and (8) data requests. He sent a letter requesting this information to U.S. Cellular, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile US, Leap Wireless, Cricket Communications, MetroPCS, Verizon Communications, AT&T and C Spire Wireless.