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Article: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE ACTS TO PROTECT CONSUMER PHONE RECORDS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 8, 2006
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Rep. Tim Murphy, D-Pa. (18th CD), issued the following press release:
The House Energy and Commerce 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 who do not adequately protect individual's records.
"Through the use of new technology and deception, people with malicious intentions are able to easily obtain others' phone records," said Congressman Tim Murphy (PA-18), a member of the Committee. "The increasing trend in identity theft, along with the stalking makes the need to protect one's ...