When examining the subject area of communications data retention broadly three areas need to be t... more When examining the subject area of communications data retention broadly three areas need to be taken into account: a) technological matters, b) social values such as privacy and civil liberties, and c) law enforcement issues (Whitley and Hosein, 2005; Raab and Bennett, 2006). Accordingly this chapter has been divided into three parts; the first part focuses on the role of geographical location within mobile phone technology, the second part discusses the relevant privacy related literature, and the final part of this chapter examines the legal framework relevant to mobile phone location data. Grounded theory methodology has been used to guide collection and analysis of empirical data for this study (for more detail see Chapter 3-Research Methodology). GT methodology is an inductive method, which means that typically only a very broad review of literature takes place before collecting the data. However in addition to this initial review, the literature is visited again after the data collection has been completed. This study has followed this approach with the benefit that a second review of the literature could be guided by findings from all three empirical data collections-pilot study, interviews and survey. Particularly the development of the final GT categories, which was supported by written and visual memos, has prompted the review of further literature. The literature discussed in this chapter is a result of this iterative process and some literature particularly relevant to the findings from study will be revisited in Chapter 5 and brought into relation to the empirical findings.
When examining the subject area of communications data retention broadly three areas need to be t... more When examining the subject area of communications data retention broadly three areas need to be taken into account: a) technological matters, b) social values such as privacy and civil liberties, and c) law enforcement issues (Whitley and Hosein, 2005; Raab and Bennett, 2006). Accordingly this chapter has been divided into three parts; the first part focuses on the role of geographical location within mobile phone technology, the second part discusses the relevant privacy related literature, and the final part of this chapter examines the legal framework relevant to mobile phone location data. Grounded theory methodology has been used to guide collection and analysis of empirical data for this study (for more detail see Chapter 3-Research Methodology). GT methodology is an inductive method, which means that typically only a very broad review of literature takes place before collecting the data. However in addition to this initial review, the literature is visited again after the data collection has been completed. This study has followed this approach with the benefit that a second review of the literature could be guided by findings from all three empirical data collections-pilot study, interviews and survey. Particularly the development of the final GT categories, which was supported by written and visual memos, has prompted the review of further literature. The literature discussed in this chapter is a result of this iterative process and some literature particularly relevant to the findings from study will be revisited in Chapter 5 and brought into relation to the empirical findings.
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