Reacting to reports that private wireless and wireline phone records, including phone numbers dialed, calls received, and even the location of wireless callers, are available for sale, Commissioner Michael J. Copps issued a statement this week.

“The reported abuses highlight the critical need to protect Americans’ personal and private information. Few rights are so fundamental as the right to privacy in our daily lives, yet few are under such constant attack. Americans deserve the security of knowing that their private phone records are not for sale," Copps said.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a petition about this issue to the FCC in July 2005 with an update by letter in August. Commissioner Copps mentioned EPIC's petition in his own statement and said, "The FCC must ensure that it is doing everything it can to prevent illegal theft of Americans’ phone records."

posted by Consumer Help Web Editorial Team at 6:29 PM |