Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., requested more data from carriers about the number of requests law enforcementnagencies make for personal cellphone information. “There are legal, constitutional and privacy implications of sharing consumers’ mobile telephone information,” Markey said in a statement Thursday.n“We need to know what is being collected and the legal authorities by which law enforcement is requestingnthe records, possibly of innocent people being swept up as part of these digital dragnets.” He requestedninformation from several carriers last year as a member of the House. The data he requests coversn2012 and includes, according to his office: (1) geolocation of device, (2) call detail records, (3) text messagencontent, (4) voicemail, (5) cell tower dumps, (6) wiretapping, (7) subscriber information, and (8) datanrequests. He sent a letter requesting this information to U.S. Cellular, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile US, LeapnWireless, Cricket Communications, MetroPCS, Verizon Communications, AT&T and C Spire Wireless.
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