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US Judge Bars Unauthorized Sales of Phone Records

Posted by kdawson on from the look-me-in-the-eye dept.

The Register delivers the good news that a US federal judge had slapped down the practice of pretexting and ordered a Wyoming company to pay almost $200,000; AccuSearch was also permanently barred from selling individuals' phone records without their permission. The FTC had filed suit in 2006 against the company and four others. AccuSearch had advertised a service that made phone records of any individual available for a fee. The current article makes no mention of whatever became of the other four accused data brokers.

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  1. Other data brokers? by hawks5999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The current article makes no mention of whatever became of the other four accused data brokers They all now go by their original names:

    NSA

    CIA

    FBI

    DHS

  2. Re:What? This is unheard of! by Dr.+Hellno · · Score: 4, Funny
    If I may, I'll take off my top hat and replace it with my tinfoil cap for a second:

    It seems probable to me that the reason this happened is phone records which show calls

    from politicians to call girls

    from lobbyists to politicians

    and of course

    conference calls between the three.