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From: glass@portia.Stanford.EDU (Brett Glass)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Phone privacy question.
Message-ID: <1990Dec26.014130.25629@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 26 Dec 90 01:41:30 GMT
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Organization: AIR, Stanford University
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Believe it or not, the California PUC's tariffs allow your local phone
company to disclose your name, address, and (unlisted) phone number to
any long distance carrier "for billing purposes."

The carrier can then use this information to send junk mail. And, believe
it or not, there is NOTHING in the tariffs that prevents them from selling
the list!

AT&T recently sent me a product solicitation with my unlisted phone number
printed right on it. I wrote Pacific Telesis and gave them hell about it.
They essentially said, "The tariffs allow us to do that, sir, so we did it."

Perhaps a lawsuit is in order?

<BG>