Through these records it’s possible to pinpoint the geographical location of the subscriber at any time – reaching several years back – to within tens of metres. The citizen has no legislative protection in the face of this worrying capability to track him: there is no regulation of the information that the company can retain, nor the length of time it’s permitted to retain it. (Does the company have a record of my movements over the past decade?) There are no regulations governing who can see this information. Does the company sell it to marketing and advertising firms, for example? Will it
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