Article: Phone records request denied Murder defendant's petition an invasion of privacy, judge rules.(News)

Article: REP. SCHAKOWSKY CALLS FOR VOTE ON PHONE RECORDS LEGISLATION, HEARINGS ON TELECOM COMPANIES SHARING RECORDS WITH NSA
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 21, 2006 ;     560 words ......Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act to be brought to the floor of the...posing as another person to get their phone records then selling the ill-gotten call logs...criminals proffer stolen goods - like phone records. As we now know, personal and business...

Article: Feds sue firms selling phone records: 29 companies warned to halt sales of cell numbers
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 4, 2006 ;     673 words ......fears about the security of their phone records. The FTC sued the companies to stop them from selling phone records and to seize their alleged "ill-gott...companies that offered to sell phone records. Twenty-nine firms were slapped...

Article: PHONE RECORDS LEGISLATION ADVANCES QUICKLY IN HOUSE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 1, 2006 ;     392 words ......consumers by online companies that sell phone records without the consent of account holders...impersonating an account holder to obtain phone records, known as pretexting. It also calls for consumers to be notified if their phone records are breached. During the hearing, Inslee...

Article: REP. SCHAKOWSKY'S SAFE CALL BILL INCLUDED IN BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CONSUMERS' PHONE RECORDS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 8, 2006 ;     638 words ......Committee which would protect the private phone records of consumers. Schakowsky's SAFE CALL...as others in order to obtain their phone records. The bipartisan legislation which today...Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act, would address the concerns raised...

Article: Cell phone records vulnerable, HP case shows
Dayton Daily News;  September 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Add your cell phone records to the growing list of personal...private investigators to obtain cell phone records of board members, employees and...it a crime to obtain someone's phone records through misrepresentation. Several...

Article: EDITORIAL: Privacy Calling: Phone records should be private; state law can help.(Editorial)
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 23, 2006 ;     394 words ......on a growing number of issues. Add phone records and privacy to the list. It's now possible...copy of someone's cell or landline phone records, including call lists. It sounds illegal...bills would make buying and selling phone records a five-year felony with fines of up...

Article: FLORIDA STATE SEN. ARONBERG FILES STATE LEGISLATION TO PROTECT PHONE RECORDS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 24, 2006 ;     259 words ......release: Profiteers who obtain or sell phone records would be subject to criminal penalties...have fueled a growth industry in which phone records are obtained through deceptive means...or regulations protecting consumer phone records. The unregulated environment has led...

Article: SEN. CANTWELL DEMANDS END TO UNAUTHORIZED SALE OF AMERICANS' PRIVATE CELL PHONE RECORDS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 20, 2006 ;     394 words ......obtain, another person's confidential phone records without authorization. Cantwell joined...obtain and sell any individual's cell phone records, with no questions asked. "Privacy...the privacy of all Americans. When phone records containing personal information about...

Article: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE ACTS TO PROTECT CONSUMER PHONE RECORDS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 8, 2006 ;     257 words ......Committee acted today to protect the personal phone records by unanimously passing the Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act. The bill will prevent outsiders from lying to obtain phone records and establishes fines for telephone companies...

Article: SEN. TALENT CO-SPONSORS LEGISLATION TO PROTECT MISSOURIANS' PHONE RECORDS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 8, 2006 ;     255 words ......support for The Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act to prevent unauthorized and intrusive third-party access to consumers' phone records. Sen. Talent is cosponsoring the legislation...selling or soliciting of someone else's phone records without his or her consent. "Unfortunately...

Article: SEN. ALLEN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT AMERICANS' PHONE RECORDS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 8, 2006 ;     509 words ......party access of American consumers' phone records. Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens...co-sponsors of The Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act. In recent months, a number of websites have popped up selling consumer phone records for as little as $100-dollars. Experts...

Article: Post sues to get guv's cell phone records.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  August 12, 2008 ;     239 words ......decide whether Gov. Bill Ritter's cell phone records are considered public documents. Monday...judge to declare Ritter's personal cell phone records are not exempt under the Colorado Open...under the Open Records Act, for the phone records. Ritter's attorney, Thomas M. Rogers...

Article: Lawmakers to Target Sale of Phone Records
AP Online;  January 23, 2006 ;     506 words ......that companies are selling private phone records have lawmakers and federal regulators...Fraudulently obtaining a customer's cell phone records and selling them over the Internet...specific law against pretexting for phone records. The data brokers also can use insiders...

Article: Newspaper complains after cop takes reporter's phone records.(NEWS)
Sunday Life (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  December 3, 2006 ;     178 words ......detective obtained the private mobile phone records of one of its reporters. The Ipswich-bas...Police gained access to Mark Bulstrode's phone records after he unearthed information about...Bulstrode had been unaware that his phone records were being examined, it added. I find...