Secret memo reveals which telecoms store your data the longest

[The Chief]

The nation’s major mobile-phone providers are keeping a treasure trove of sensitive data on their customers, according to a newly released Justice Department internal memo that for the first time reveals the data retention policies of America’s largest telecoms.
Michael Cerwonka, wired.com

The single-page Department of Justice document, “Retention Periods of Major Cellular Service Providers,” (PDF) is a guide for law enforcement agencies looking to get information—like customer IP addresses, call logs, text messages and web surfing habits—out of US telecom companies, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/secret-memo-reveals-which-telecoms-store-your-data-the-longest.ars

All of these are entirely too long, but at AT&T

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Just another facet of living in a surveillance society.

[MarquisDeSade]

Just another facet of living in a surveillance society.

You mean Police State™.