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Europe Data Protection Digest | Police Extracting Suspects’ Mobile Phone Data Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

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BBC News reports that police in 16 London boroughs are using new technology that extracts data from suspects’ mobile phones, and the data is retained regardless of whether charges are brought against the suspects. A Met Police spokesman said “a solution located within the boroughs that enables trained officers to examine devices and gives immediate access to the data in that handset" will expedite the former process of sending devices that may have been used in criminal activity to the digital forensic laboratory for analysis. The system allows officers to connect mobiles to “purpose built terminals” that can save and produce a printout of data including call history, texts and contacts, the report states.
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