Markey Presses Carriers on Data Practices, Cooperation With Law Enforcement
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., asked seven carriers about the requests they received from law enforcement officials for customer information. “Mobile phone data can be an important tool in law enforcement efforts to protect Americans, but we cannot allow the pervasive…
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collection of this information, especially of innocent Americans,” Markey said in a statement Thursday. “As mobile phones have become 21st century wallets, personal assistants, and navigation devices -- tracking each click we make and step we take -- we need to know what information is being shared with law enforcement. I look forward to receiving the responses from the wireless carriers and continuing this important investigation.” He sent letters to AT&T, C Spire, Cricket Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon.