Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!bionet!turbo.bio.net!lear From: lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Phone privacy question. Message-ID: Date: 26 Dec 90 21:24:42 GMT References: <9.security.eff@pro-angmar> <1990Dec26.014130.25629@portia.Stanford.EDU> Organization: GenBank Computing Resource for Mol. Biology Lines: 32 glass@portia.Stanford.EDU (Brett Glass) writes: >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! [...] >Perhaps a lawsuit is in order? The question in my mind is, `Who do you sue'? I doubt a lawsuit against PacBell will gain you anything. At some point, real soon now, they're supposed to stop shipping long distance carrier bills with your local bill. This means that the long distance carriers will require billing information. If they actually DISCLOSE private listings to a third party, then I could definitely smell a lawsuit against the offending carrier. And this is all a legacy from the days of `/bin/one`, because individuals may not have direct agreements with the long distance carrier. -- Happy Holidays! Eliot Lear [lear@turbo.bio.net]