How long does a cell phone service provider, Sprint, et al., keep cell phone records?

“Verizon Wireless keeps “phone records including cell site location for 12 months,” Drew Arena, Verizon’s vice president and associate general counsel for law enforcement compliance, said at a federal task force meeting in Washington, D.C. last week. Arena said the company keeps “phone bills without cell site location for seven years,” and stores SMS text messages for only a very brief time. ”

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If indeed they are covered by the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, some documents/information are required to be retained for a period of 7 years.

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