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They keep all records for 7 years because the US Federal Government asked them to, not because they legally have to, but same with T-Mobile and Verizon: https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vqkv/how-fbi-gets-phone-da...


Wasn't there some telco executive that was tossed in jail not long after 9/11 because he didn't want to play along with the government and keep data around forever?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio

> Joseph P. Nacchio was the only head of a communications company to demand a court order, or approval under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, in order to turn over communications records to the NSA.[11]




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