Police Requests for Cellphone Data Surge
Outdated Electronic Privacy Laws Allow Police to Access Sensitive Data Without a Warrant. Last year alone, AT&T and T-Mobile documented 600,000 requests for customer information made by local, state, and federal law enforcement. Verizon, in its response to Sen. Markey’s request, said that police requests for customers’ call records have approximately doubled over the last five years. Often, no warrant is required to compel cellphone carriers to turn over their customers’ information to police.
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