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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer protection.

Information services.

Telecommunication--Law and legislation.

Telecommunication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

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.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Selected Laws Governing the Disclosure of Customer Phone Records by Telecommunications Carriers

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