#JUST2610107AFrance updates pricing for telecom operator data requests used in criminal procedure
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This rule updates the fees that public authorities pay when they request data from telecom operators in criminal investigations. It changes the price list for traffic records, cell-tower location data, real-time location tracking, and subscriber identification linked to IP addresses, email addresses, and MAC addresses. Telecom operators that answer these requests need to apply the new rates for requests dated on or after 1 May 2026. Prosecutors, police, and other authorized requesters should expect revised billing for these disclosures and may need to update internal budgets and processing systems.
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Key Changes
- Raises or updates prices for several telecom data requests, including traffic records, cell-location data, and foreign-number traffic details.
- Adds a new priced item for mobile network event history on a cell for a two-hour period.
- Updates and adds request types for IP, email, and MAC address lookups, including real-time geolocation data.
Obligations
What this law requires
Telecommunications operators must apply the updated tariff schedule for criminal-procedure requisitions dated after 1 May 2026, including the revised charges for traffic details, mobile cell-location data, network-event history, real-time geolocation data, IP-to-identity lookups, email-to-IP lookups, email account history, and MAC-address subscriber identification.
Telecom operators must apply the updated tariff rates for requisitions covered by the order for requests dated on or after 1 May 2026.
Telecom operators must apply the updated tariff schedule for criminal-procedure requisitions covered by the arrêté to requests dated on or after 1 May 2026, including the revised prices for traffic records, cell-location data, real-time geolocation, and subscriber identification linked to IP/email/MAC data.
For requests seeking traffic details of an abonné or terminal over an indivisible 31-day period (codes MT 10, MT 11, MT 12, MT 14), operators must charge the updated tariff of 8 € plus 1.50 € per month, with subscriber identification billed in addition.
For requests for detailed traffic data over a 31-day indivisible period, operators must charge the new rates set for the relevant data categories, including traffic details, traffic details with cell-site location, and traffic details involving foreign numbers or roaming, with subscriber identification billed separately where stated.