DOJ Is Illegally Withholding Records About Phone Location Data Collection, Lawsuit Claims

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DOJ Is Illegally Withholding Records About Phone Location Data Collection, Lawsuit Claims
September 6, 2019
https://gizmodo.com/doj-is-illegally-withholding-records-about-phone-locati-1837935213

One of the nation’s leading privacy groups is challenging the Justice Department in court after it refused to turn over records concerning the collection of cell-site location information, which had been routinely obtained from phone companies without a warrant prior to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year.

A “pattern and practice” case is brought when a group or person seeking access to public documents believes there’s sufficient evidence to show a federal agency has a track record of violating the Freedom of Information Act and is likely to continue doing so. It asks a judge to issue an injunction requiring the agency to respond to future requests in a timely manner.

EPIC’s complaint specifically seeks to prevent the agency from, in its words, “continuing to apply its unlawful policy, pattern or practice of refusing to search for responsive records.”
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More info & Resources: EPIC v. DOJ (CSLI Section 2703(d) Orders)

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