Would You Know If Your Calls Are Being Tracked By The Police?

 

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Do you know how long your cell phone company keeps records of whom
you text, who calls you or what places you have traveled? Do you know
how often cell phone companies turn over this information to the police
and whether they first ask the police to get a warrant based on probable
cause?

No, you don’t. Not unless
you work for a cell phone company or a law enforcement agency with a
specialty in electronic surveillance. You aren’t alone: Congress and the
courts have no idea either.

The little we do know is
worrisome. The companies are not legally required to turn over your
information simply because a police officer is curious about you. Yet
wireless carriers sell this information to police all the time.

As far as the cell phone companies are concerned, the less Americans know about it the better.

Whom you text and call
and where you go (tracked by your cell phone as long as it’s on) can
reveal a great deal about you. Your calling patterns can show which
friends matter to you the most, and your travel patterns can reveal what
political and religious meetings you attend and what doctors you visit.

Over time, this data accumulates into a dossier portraying details of
your life so intimate that you may not have thought of them yourself. In
comparison with companies such as Facebook and Google, which collect,
store and use our information in one way or another, cell phone
companies are less transparent. – Cathrine Crump

 

May 27, 2012 – See full CNN article HERE

 

Catherine Crump is a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union‘s Speech, Privacy and Technology Project.

 

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