The American Civil Liberties Union chapters in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island have joined with 29 other ACLU chapters in a coordinated campaign demanding information on when, why, and how law-enforcement agencies are using cell phone location data to track Americans. This effort is considered one of the largest coordinated freedom of information requests in American history.
Law enforcement agencies are being asked for information including:
- whether law enforcement agents demonstrate probable cause and obtain a warrant to access cell phone location data,
- statistics on how frequently law enforcement agencies obtain cell phone location data,
- how much money law enforcement agencies spend tracking cell phones, and
- other policies and procedures used for acquiring location data.
These requests are part of the ACLU's Demand Your dotRights Campaign, which was initiated to make sure that, as technology advances, privacy rights are not left behind.
Media report:
CT: ACLU questions use of 'cell phone dragnets' (Connecticut Post)
Background information:
ACLU: Cell Phone Location Tracking Public Records Request
ACLU: Demand Your dotRights Campaign
ACLU of Connecticut: Data Sought on Government Phone Tracking
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