Selected Laws Governing the Disclosure of Customer Phone Records by Telecommunications Carriers.

Discusses H.R. 852, the Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2007; H.R. 936, the Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act; and S. 92/S. 70, both the Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act; all to protect privacy of customer telephone records. Reviews efforts to prevent unauthorize...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Consumer protection. Information services. Telecommunication > Law and legislation. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses H.R. 852, the Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2007; H.R. 936, the Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act; and S. 92/S. 70, both the Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act; all to protect privacy of customer telephone records. Reviews efforts to prevent unauthorized use, disclosure, or sale of such records by data brokers, and provides brief overview of confidentiality protections for customer information established by the Communications Act of 1934.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.