Patent ID: 8351579

Claim:
A method for securely authenticating and lawfully intercepting data in a telecommunication network using biometrics, comprising: authenticating one or more persons associated with a law enforcement agency (LEA) using biometric information by a telecommunication network provider upon receiving a request for lawful interception of data from the one or more persons associated with the LEA; activating the lawful interception request associated with a registered telecommunication network user to obtain the data upon a successful authentication of the one or more persons associated with the LEA, wherein the telecommunication network provider having biometric information associated with the registered telecommunication network user; intercepting the data associated with the registered telecommunication network user upon a successful match with a requested registered telecommunication network user by the LEA; and sending the intercepted data along with the biometric information associated with the registered telecommunication network user to the authenticated one or more persons associated with the LEA via the telecommunication network.