US Judge Bars Unauthorized Sales of Phone Records

Posted by kdawson on Monday January 28, 2008 @05:29PM 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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Re:Paint me stupid. by corsec67 · 2008-01-28 17:39 · Score: 4, Interesting

In the current government, who cares about a "warrant"? Not like that means anything anymore. Especially to a phone company.

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Not such a big deal by Anonymous Coward · 2008-01-28 17:47 · Score: 4, Interesting

The 3 letter agencies don't have to buy their phone records