Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: johnm@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (John Murray) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Calling number delivery Message-ID: Date: 14 Sep 88 19:45:56 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 17 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 142, message 4 X-Submissions-To: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu (Mailing List Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) Another recent entry in Risks Digest described how a chain of pizza houses in Washington state was gathering data (including the calling number) on orders which were phoned in. Aside from the obvious business reasons, a justification given was to trap pranksters ordering unwanted pizzas for innocent people. The system was criticized because the business had the potential to use such data for follow-up sales calls, or to sell it to other organizations for similar purposes. Aanyone who receives obscene calls, junk calls, etc. would probably agree that the "callee" is entitled to know the number of the caller's phone, but this seems to be a case where the caller's privacy needs to be pro- tected. Perhaps the rules should be different for business lines and for private residential ones (i.e., residences can get the caller's number, but businesses can't). - John Murray (My opinions, etc.)