Articles tagged with: Privacy and Federal Communications Commission
House Panel Wants FCC Chief, Cellphone Executives, To Testify"
..plans to hold the hearing on Friday at 10am EDT as part of a seven-month inquiry into the privacy of personal information.Congress has been focusing on the issue for months, but pretexting has garnered headlines following revelations that private inv more
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US Regulator Proposes Measures To Protect Phone Records
..ompanies adequately protected phone records and other proprietary information. The privacy-rights group in August called for greater FCC protections after complaining that personal records were available on the Internet. In its notice, the commission more
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House Lawmakers Press FCC for Phone-Co. Certifications
..nfidentiality of consumer information. The request comes amid widening concerns about the privacy of personal phone records, which allegedly have been available on the Internet through private data brokers. "In recent cases involving the online sale more
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FCC Probes Sale of Personal Phone Records
..orneys or spokespeople for the data brokers couldn't be located. The privacy of personal phone records has become a hot-button issue amid reports that the records aren't secure. Democrats on the FCC say the improper release of personal phone records more
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