Monday, April 2, 2007

FCC adopts tougher telephone record privacy rules

(Reuters) - If a customer does not provide a password, carriers may not release the customer's call records except by sending it to the address of record or by the carrier calling the customer at the telephone number on record, the agency said.

The order, which was approved with varying levels of support from the five commissioners that vote on agency rules, would also require companies to get permission from a customer before sharing their data with a third party, such as a marketing partner.


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