T-Mobile may share your personal data, including call records and location information, with law enforcement or government agencies when it believes it is legally required to do so or when it deems it necessary to protect safety.
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The inclusion of 'when we believe' disclosure is necessary to protect rights or safety, in addition to legally compelled disclosures, gives T-Mobile discretion to share data with government entities beyond situations of formal legal compulsion.
Interpretive note: The scope of the discretionary safety-based disclosure authority is ambiguous and depends on T-Mobile's internal standards for when it 'believes' disclosure is necessary, which are not defined in the policy.
This new provision explicitly addresses government data requests and law enforcement disclosures, providing transparency about circumstances under which T-Mobile may share customer data without consent.
View full change record →Your call records, location data, and other personal information may be shared with law enforcement or government agencies not only in response to formal legal process but also when T-Mobile independently determines it is appropriate for safety or rights protection purposes.
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"We may share your information with government agencies, law enforcement, and other third parties when we believe disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of our customers or others.Excerpt from T-Mobile's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Compelled disclosures to law enforcement are governed by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Stored Communications Act, and the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.
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The inclusion of 'when we believe' disclosure is necessary to protect rights or safety, in addition to legally compelled disclosures, gives T-Mobile discretion to share data with government entities beyond situations of formal legal compulsion.
Your call records, location data, and other personal information may be shared with law enforcement or government agencies not only in response to formal legal process but also when T-Mobile independently determines it is appropriate for safety or rights protection purposes.
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