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From: glass@portia.Stanford.EDU (Brett Glass)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Phone privacy question.
Message-ID: <1991Jan4.043816.22992@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 4 Jan 91 04:38:16 GMT
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> Long distance carriers in California are similarly covered by the
> Telephone Privacy Act.  While PacBell is permitted to give them
> calling information for billing purposes, these companies, like
> PacBell, are not permitted to use the information for purposes
> other than their own internal business -- billing, communications
> with customers, etc.  If one of them violates the Telephone
> Privacy Act, the PUC and the courts are empowered to act.  But
> first a customer has to stop growsing and take legal action.
 
Bob, what are the basic provisions of the Telephone Privacy Act?
Is there a way to get a copy without extensive legwork? Is it
available in digitized form?

<BG>