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Forums › Spark New Zealand › Does Spark keep the contents of SMS messages you send and receive?


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# 239932 11-Aug-2018 17:14
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Hi All

 

Does anyone know if spark keep the contents of sms messages and can make them readily available under a privacy waiver to an insurance company? Or do they only store the numbers to the messages sent and the time of each sent?

 

Any help on this would be great 

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  # 2071829 11-Aug-2018 17:26
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Yes to content but not forever I would say around 6 months and police search warrant required

 

John



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  # 2071832 11-Aug-2018 17:33
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So no chance of obtaining that information with a privacy waiver? As long story short I was crashed into in my car and the guy admitted fault via text and now is denying it, unfortunately I lost the texts due to accidentally delelting. I’ve tried to retrieve them with multiple tech outfits but no luck. Anyway claim is in limbo and getting the guy to sign a privacy waiver is the only way the insurance company thinks they can get the information out of him. Though I’ve researched and can only see that information being requested by a court order or police warrant?

 
 
 
 


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  # 2071841 11-Aug-2018 18:01
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As above police search warrant requird

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While you can probably waive your privacy, I doubt you can waive the other party. As John has said, Police.

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