Data Security: Protecting the Privacy of Phone Records

Stevens, Gina Marie ; Rainson, Tara Alexandra

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Telecommunication;    Consumer protection;    Right of privacy;    Telephone;    Civil liberties;   

RP-ID  :  RL33287
RP-ID  :  RL33287 2006-02-28

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses recent legislative and regulatory efforts to protect the privacy of customer telephone records, and efforts to prevent the unauthorized use, disclosure, or sale of such records by data brokers. In addition, it provides a brief overview of the confidentiality protections for customer information established by the Communications Act of 1934.