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Category Archives: Telco

26 Sep

U.S. House Hearings on phone records and pretexting

Listen to the live Webcast, Hewlett-Packard’s Pretexting Scandal, followed in relentless pursuit by Internet Data Brokers and Pretexting: Who Has Access to Your Private Records? — Hearings of The U.S House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and...
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18 Sep

HP pretexting debacle and reality journalism

The methods that HP contractors used to secure telephone call logs, “the pretext story”, repeated ad infinitum, has reporters looking for new approaches to this story. The San Jose Mercury News has posted the transcript of a call to Verizon...
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25 Aug

AT&T sues for answers; Your world. Delivered. To whom?

The earlier flurry of fines and lawsuits against brokers of telephone subscriber records has continued with this recent gust from AT&T. The company has filed suit in federal court in Texas against 25 entities, which are as yet, unnamed. AT&T,...
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18 Jul

California Supreme Court slams out of state telephone recordings

The California Supreme Court has sided with plaintiffs in their complaint against a bank that recorded telephone conversations that originated in Georgia but terminated in California. Georgia allows one-party consent to audio recording of telephone calls but California requires the...
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14 Jul

LocateCell is hit with FCC fine – more to follow?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a fine against the Internet-based data broker of cell phone and telephone subscriber call logs, 1st Source Information Specialists (LocateCell). The press release only names one company but at least 40 Web sites...
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21 Jun

House Hearing: Internet Data Brokers and Pretexting

Media outlets, stimulated by today’s U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing, Internet Data Brokers and Pretexting: Who Has Access to Your Private Records?, are announcing that law enforcement agencies acquire telephone call logs and telephone subscriber data from...
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16 Jun

Michigan legislature passes telephone subscriber access restrictions

The Michigan legislature passed SB 1202, Identity Theft Protection Act, which would prohibit the sale or acquisition of phone records, including VoIP, broadband and cellular, without the customer’s permission. Sec. 5. (1) A person shall not do any of the...
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Michigan, States, Telco 1 Comment

15 Jun

Rhode Island police press legislation giving them access to telephone records

The Rhode Island Senate has passed a bill that will give law enforcement special access to telephone company records for subscribers without first obtaining a warrant. This should be of special interest to criminal defense investigators who could face prosecutors...
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19 May

Federal legislation aims to prevent caller id spoofing

HR 5126, Truth in Caller ID Act of 2006, is in the first stages of consideration by Congress, referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.and the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. The sponsor, Joe Barton, launched his...
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19 May

Maine cell phone customer records covered by new privacy legislation

Last week, the governor of Maine signed into law LD 2038, An Act To Protect the Privacy of Cellular Telephone Customers. The law specifically bans the unauthorized acquisition and sale of subscriber cell phone records. Read the press...
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