Mich. Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) asked the PSC to investigate whe...
Mich. Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) asked the PSC to investigate whether telecom providers in the state have sold or supplied customer account information to information brokers and other commercial interests without informing customers. She also called for state legislation…
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to prohibit release or sale of customer information without the customer’s consent. Her proposal would make unauthorized release of account information a crime, and would also make it a crime to obtain telecom customer account information from carriers under false pretenses. Carriers also would be required to put safeguards on account information and notify customers of any security breaches or unauthorized information releases.