FCC Strengthens Rules Against Pretexting

[HardOCP News]

The FCC has prohibited telephone and mobile phone carriers from releasing customer records over the phone without a password to protect against the practice of pretexting.

"The unauthorized disclosure of consumers' private calling records is a significant privacy invasion," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said in a statement. "Compliance with our consumer protection regulations is not optional for any telephone service provider. We need to take whatever actions are necessary to enforce these requirements to secure the privacy of personal and confidential information of American customers."

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