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IMPORTANT INFO: Updated T-Mobile Cost Reimbursement Rate Schedule to Include New Fee for Timing Advance Records

As of May 20, 2022, T-Mobile updated their Cost Reimbursement Rate Schedule, which reflects adjusted pricing on some already charged for services, but this form now has a new service type reimbursement rate not seen in the past, that frankly is rather troubling. Timing Advance (TDOA/PCMD) record requests will now require submission of their Timing […]

Collection, Disclosure of E-Scooter Data is Not a Search

Mon. May 30, 2022 | By MetNews Staff Writer | Metropolitan News-Enterprise | Court Upholds City of Los Angeles Requirement That Companies Renting Out Electric Scooters Provide It With Information As to Where the Vehicles Have Traveled; Rejects Claim of Fourth Amendment Violation The “third party doctrine,” under which no legitimate expectation of privacy can […]

Massachusetts’ Highest Court Upholds Cell Tower Dump Warrant

Fri. May 27, 2022 | By Jennifer Lynch & Emma Hagemann | EFF | Massachusetts’ highest court has upheld the collection of mass cell tower data, despite recognizing that this data not only provides investigators with “highly personal and private” information but also has the potential to reveal “the locations, identities, and associations of tens […]

Chatrie Pleads Guilty in Case Testing Use of Google Geofence Warrant

Tues. May 10, 2022 | By The Associated Press | ABC News | A Richmond, VA. man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery charges in a case that tested the constitutionality of broad search warrants that use Google location history to find people who were near crime scenes RICHMOND, Va. — A Richmond man has pleaded […]

AT&T’s New Tech Means Better Location Data, Routing for 911

Wed. May 11, 2022 | By Ben Miller | Gov Tech | The technology will use GPS data from mobile devices to route calls to the nearest 911 dispatch center, making it more likely the call goes to the right place. And dispatchers won’t have to do anything to get it. Soon, 911 dispatch centers […]