> The FBI’s Office of General Counsel, however, has argued that electronic communication transactional records are the functional equivalent of telephone billin

> The FBI’s Office of General Counsel, however, has argued that electronic communication transactional records are the functional equivalent of telephone billing records. To eliminate any uncertainty, the FBI wants the law to explicitly cover such data As we spend more of our lives online, the old-world laws are going to be increasingly invasive. Especially with companies who are eager to store every tidbit of information into cold storage forever.