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Source: nwfusion.com - Posted by Vincenzo Ciaglia
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Representatives of wireless telephone carriers planning a telephone directory service told a U.S. Senate committee last week that legislation to protect their customers' privacy isn't needed, because their plan already does. . . .
Representatives of wireless telephone carriers planning a telephone directory service told a U.S. Senate committee last week that legislation to protect their customers' privacy isn't needed, because their plan already does.
Privacy advocates and some senators questioned, however, whether wireless carriers would protect customer privacy in the long term without rules in place about how they handle the release of customer phone numbers.
"Chaos will reign when our constituents start getting calls on their cell phones," said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), a co-sponsor of the Wireless 411 Privacy Act. "I urge you to not wait for chaos to rain down with these unwanted calls. There's going to be a backlash, and then we'll have to deal with a mess."
Six of the seven largest wireless carriers in the U.S. are moving forward with a plan to band together to offer a wireless directory, or 411, service, backers of the plan told the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. The directory could be available as early as next year.
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