The issue focused on technical privacy laws that prohibit phone companies from collecting users' location data without prior judicial authorization. That legislation currently prohibits phone companies from collecting location data without judicial authorization under civil lawsuits brought against phone companies by plaintiffs seeking privacy protection under civil lawsuits brought against phone companies by plaintiffs seeking privacy protection under civil lawsuits brought against consumers who allegedly suffered privacy invasion when their phones were searched by police or prosecutors. In addition to collecting location data without judicial authorization, courts also prohibit phone companies from intercepting communications without judicial authorization and