-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [CYBERTEL] SMS messages: To keep or not to keep Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 17:45:10 -0400
In the UK, there is a story about David Beckham's SMS messages being disclosed to a news paper reporter, which published details about his private life. The GSM Association spokesperson stated "We do not believe that operators retain the content of messages," he said "they simply retain routing and billing information."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3610865.stm
Half way around the world, in Australia over 2500 SMS messages from Telstra and Optus over a six week period in 2001 were introduced in a Murder case. The messages were not intercepted, but obtained from Telstra and Optus archives. Telstra said the messages were obtained prior to the introduction of Australia national privacy principles.
Telstra keeps all SMS messages including full content for 28 days, while Optus keeps all SMS messages for three days. Vodafone Australia says it doesn't keep the SMS content, but does record the time, length and destination of messages for billing.
http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,9179105%255E2765,00.html
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