Thursday, February 02, 2006

FCC subpoenas 30 phone record dealers

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
The Federal Communications Commission has subpoenaed more than 30 information brokers to learn how they obtain customers' calling records from telephone companies, according to testimony Wednesday before Congress.

In a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the heads of the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission endorsed making the sale of phone records illegal.
More on the big privacy story of late.