Govt does not maintain data regarding collection of call detail records: Dhotre

New Delhi: The government does not maintain data for the number of instances individual call detail records (CDRs) have been collected, Parliament was informed on Thursday.

Minister of State for Communications Sanjay Dhotre, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, said according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) obtain CDRs under the statutory provisions contained in Section 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 or the Indian Telegraph Act.

As informed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), centralised database for the number of instances of individual CDR/ tower mast dump data collection is not maintained, Dhotre said.