Articles tagged with: Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission

False Email Rumors About Telemarketers and Cellphone Numbers

WASHINGTON (AP)--An email warning consumers that cellphone numbers will soon be released to telemarketers is making the rounds again, and government officials have a key detail they'd like to add: it's totally bogus.  more

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Wireless Carriers Assert They're Attacking Data Theft

Wireless phone companies on Friday insisted that they are doing everything possible to prevent the theft of customers' personal data, and they urged Congress to criminalize behavior now commonly known as pretexting. more

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