CTIA opposed an Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) peti...
CTIA opposed an Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) petition asking the FCC to launch a rulemaking to set higher standards for telephone records information security (CD Aug 31 p4). EPIC said it had found 40 firms offering to sell…
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telephone billing records or other confidential data. Telecom carriers should guard against unauthorized release of customer proprietary network information (CPNI) to online information brokers, EPIC said. CTIA opposed the request, saying wireless carriers “take extraordinary steps to protect CPNI and existing Commission rules more than adequately [address] CPNI security requirements.” It said its members already come under laws that include security requirements: “Additional rules aimed solely at CPNI… would be both duplicative and under-inclusive, yielding no consumer benefit while imposing unnecessary additional burdens on carriers.” CTIA said it “strongly supports” enforcement of existing law in regard to illegal access to CPNI. It said the FCC should cooperate with the FTC, which it said is “best situated amongst the regulatory agencies with possible jurisdiction to investigate the practices of online information brokers who purport to offer customer calling records that could not otherwise be obtained without customer consent or valid legal process.”