[Phantom Lord]

Don't they know that criminals have a right to privacy!

[Red Badger]

I smell a huge lawsuit..................

[phoenix0468]

Thank goodness the boy was found. As for Sprint, I am sure they could have found a way to comply while the subpoena was being processed, ID10.T$.

[JennysCool]

Damn, there are a lot of idiot "operators" in America.

[NativeNewYorker]

The story says the procedure is for cops to FAX a form to Sprint. This is stupidity beyond belief.

[BikerNYC]

If Spring was unwilling to provide the coordinates to someone claiming to be the telephone owner's wife, perhaps the telephone owner should have talked to the Sprint operator.

Or is the location of a GPS phone the kind of information that not even the owner is entitled to from Sprint without a subpoena?

[Sender]

They only provide your information for free if you're a third-party telemarketer.

[sharkhawk]

The story isn't very clear. Did the police fax the form to Sprint, or was the only contact the phone call from the wife? If Sprint did not receive the request from a police agency I believe they did the right thing. I know I don't want my cell phone company to be able to give out info on my whereabouts just because someone called and said that the phone has been stolen.

[Paleo Conservative]

The drama began the morning of Dec. 23, when Jason Cochran buckled his 10-month-old son, Wade, into his car seat and ran into his house near Corona to get his 3-year-old son, Blake. When Cochran came back outside, his beige Lincoln Aviator - and Wade - were gone.

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Deputies found Wade in the car near his home about two hours later - without getting the cellular data, officials said.

Sprint is lucky if wasn't July 23. Imagine if that 10 month old boy had been lock in a car four two hours on a hot day?

[Paleo Conservative]

The drama began the morning of Dec. 23, when Jason Cochran buckled his 10-month-old son, Wade, into his car seat and ran into his house near Corona to get his 3-year-old son, Blake. When Cochran came back outside, his beige Lincoln Aviator - and Wade - were gone.

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Deputies found Wade in the car near his home about two hours later - without getting the cellular data, officials said.

Sprint is lucky if wasn't July 23. Imagine if that 10 month old boy had been lock in a car for two hours on a hot day?

[steve-b]

The story isn't clear on whether Sprint was given reasonable evidence that, yes, it really was the police requesting the information. If not, then their refusal was quite proper -- do you want your cell phone company to give out your location to any joker who calls them and spins a tale of dire emergency?