Telephone Records

In response to media stories about the brokering of telephone records, the General Assembly has enacted a law that significantly restricts the procurement or sale of telephone records without the customer’s consent.

In response to media stories about the brokering of telephone records, the General Assembly has enacted a law that significantly restricts the procurement or sale of telephone records without the customer’s consent. This privacy legislation originally contained a broad exemption for law enforcement agencies, but an amendment proposed by the ACLU to generally bar police access without a court order or warrant was approved.