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Article: Feds sue firms selling phone records: 29 companies warned to halt sales of cell numbers
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 4, 2006
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The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a crackdown on
five companies accused of illegally selling telephone calling records
-- five months after the Sun-Times sparked national interest in the
issue by highlighting Chicago Police and FBI 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-gotten gains."
"Trafficking in consumers' confidential telephone records is
outrageous," said Lydia Parnes, director of the FTC's Bureau of
Consumer Protection. "It robs consumers of their privacy and exposes
them to everything from snoops to stalkers. We intend to put a stop
to it."
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