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Cell phone records, otherwise known as “Call Detail Records”, show the caller's phone number, duration of call, start and end time of the call, and the cell phone tower the phone was connected to. Text message meta data is also attainable, but the actual contents of the messages are not in the CDRs.
If someone violates CIPA, it essentially amounts to wiretapping, and the person who recorded the conversation can face: Fines; Jail; and. A civil lawsuit.
(§ 901(b)(11) ). You can authenticate text messages by presenting: a “copy,” a screenshot, photo, or print-out of the message that includes identifying information that links the message to the texter, and. testimony or affidavit that the copy is a true and accurate representation of the text messages.
Police do not have the express power to search the contents of a mobile phone, nor any express power to require a suspect to provide access to a phone that is password protected. As a result, the police must rely on more general powers to assert this right.
Absolutely. Intercepting your private electronic communications without permission is a violation of both federal and state wiretapping laws.
Those four types are 1) intrusion on a person's seclusion or solitude; 2) public disclosure of embarrassing private facts about a person; 3) publicity that places a person in a false light in the public eye; and 4) appropriation, for the defendant's advantage, of the person's name or likeness.
United States, in which the Court ruled that tapping a phone constituted a search for purposes of Fourth Amendment analysis. The Wiretap Act prohibits the intentional interception, use, or disclosure of wire and electronic communications unless a statutory exception applies. See 18 U.S.C. § 2511(1).
For example, disclosing someone's real name is not as serious as revealing their home address or telephone number. However, in the US, doxing a government employee falls under federal conspiracy laws and is seen as a federal offense.
Check your cell phone contract - it may restrict you to arbitartion with them, not suing them in court, thanks to our very pro-big-corporation U.S. Supreme Court. That may make it harder for you to find a lawyer to pursue the company. As for what private information was disclosed and how it damaged you, you need...
The type of attorney you need is one who practices in the area of consumer law, also known as consumer rights law. Go to www.consumerlaw.org and check their membership list to find someone practicing in your area. Good luck to you.