The NSA will begin losing access to phone record metadata on November 29

The NSA will soon lose access to phone records it is in possession of, but the data isn’t going away. On November 29, the agency can no longer reference the call logs or gather further data, but must keep it handy for ongoing litigation. After late November, only “technical personnel” will have access to the data — but only for the purpose of monitoring the “integrity” of that info, and only for three months. The data will be stored until pending civil litigation is settled, “or the relevant courts relieve NSA of such obligations.” The NSA says it plans to…

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