David W. Bate Law Office, PC

It is illegal and actionable for a third person to intercept or record your cell phone conversations.  Readily available modern technology downloaded from out of the country enables persons to violate your privacy by:

     1.     listening-in on your cell phone conversations;

     2.     reading your text messages as they are sent and received;

     3.     pinpointing your exact location by your cell phone's GPS capability; and

     4.     secretly activating your cell phone to listen-in on conversations even though your cell phone is in your purse or pocket and "turned off.

For an excellent, five minute news article on the dangers and illegal use of this invasive technology, click here.

In this electronic age, one can expect that illegal surveillance will only increase as surveillance devices become cheaper and more readily available.  But these eavesdroppers can be made to pay a price.

If your right to privacy has been violated by a wiretap or other unauthorized interception of electronic data or communications, your rights under the federal Wiretap Act, 18 U.S.C. secs. 2510-2522.  Do not over-react.  Beat them at their own game.  Read this page and call my office.  If you question whether you are under surveillance, read "Am I Under Surveillance?"

Victims of wiretaps and intercepted communications can turn the tables on their perpetrators. Federal law provides for civil damages starting at a minimum of $10,000. Many juries would consider the invasion of privacy alone to be worth more than that.  Careful strategy planning with me, as your attorney, may multiply that figure considerably.

To maximize your recovery, it is crucial that you maintain complete secrecy during my investigation.  I will assist you in retaining Timothy Wilcox's investigative team of electronic surveillance experts at International Investigators, Inc., a full service investigation firm conducting wiretap sweeps since the 1970s.  Within weeks, you will know whether your cell phone was tapped and what type of information could have been intercepted.

I see wiretap cases in primarily in divorce and business settings, but they can arise anywhere. If you believe you may be the victim of a cell phone wiretap or other interception of private information, call me immediately to discuss your options. 

Wiretaps are illegal unless very stringent warrant procedures are followed.  Wiretap and similar evidence, if illegally obtained, is never admissible in any federal, state or local court.  Even the attempt to use, in any manner, such illegally obtained evidence will result in civil damages in favor of the victim.

A leading investigative firm in detection of wiretaps and other surveillance is International Investigators, Inc., providing nationwide "Technical Surveillance Countermeasures" ("TSCM") services.  Tim Wilcox is an expert in all aspects of TSCM.  Learn more about TSCM by clicking International Investigators, Inc.