ACLU- Cell phone location tracking public records request.

In a massive coordinated information-seeking campaign, 34 ACLU affiliates are filing over 375 requests in 31 states across the country with local law enforcement agencies large and small that seek to uncover when, why and how they are using cell phone location data to track Americans.

The requests seek information from local law enforcement agencies, including:

The requests seek information from local law enforcement agencies,
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.

The information requests are part of the ACLU’s Demand Your dotRights
Campaign, an effort to make sure that, as technology advances, privacy rights
are not left behind.

Below is a complete list of the information the ACLU requested:.
•Policies, procedures and practices law enforcement agents follow to obtain
cell phone location records
•Data retention policies, detailing how long cell phone location records are
kept, databases in which they are placed, and agencies (federal, state and
local) with which they are shared
•The use of cell phone location records to identify “communities of interest
(detailing those persons who have called or been called by a target)” in
investigations
•The use of cell phone location records to identify all of the cell phones at a particular location
•Law enforcement agencies' use of “digital fences” (systems whereby law
enforcement agents are notified whenever a cell phone comes within a specific geographic area)
•The legal standard (e.g. probable cause, relevance) law enforcement agents
proffer to obtain cell phone location records
•Judicial decisions and orders ruling on law enforcement agencies'
applications to obtain cell phone location records
•Statistics regarding law enforcement agents' use of cell phone location
records, including the number of emergency requests for which no court order was obtained
•The form in which cell phone location records are provided (hard copy,
through specific online databases)
•Communications with cell phone companies and providers of location-based
services regarding cell phone location records, including
◦company manuals, pricing, and data access policies
◦invoices reflecting payments for obtaining cell phone location records
◦instances in which cell phone companies have refused to comply with a
request or order.


Link:
http://www.aclu.org/protecting-civil-liberties-digital-age/cell-phone-location-tracking-public-records-request