The New York Times reports that the New York City Police Department has been quietly building a collection of phone call records from victims who report that their cellphone has been stolen. The Times says the NYPD routinely subpoenas the call records of theft victims, and that police documents suggest that thousands of subpoenas have been issued every year with each including between dozens and hundreds of phone calls. While it seems reasonable that the police would check phone records to investigate for fraudulent activity, some groups question the practice of holding personal data that's not related to an active criminal investigation.
The Times says that carriers have been cooperative with the NYPD's requests for "large swaths" of...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/27/3696686/new-york-police-nypd-phone-theft-database-call-record
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