Wright Petitioners Say Securus Misled on Alleged Privacy Violations
Securus should have known about alleged Section 222 violations involving its location-based-service (LBS) products, the Wright Petitioners said in a Friday ex-parte letter to the FCC in docket 17-126 on the Securus sale to Platinum Equity. Securus said in a…
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July 31 ex parte notice it wasn’t “aware of any violations of Section 222 of the Communications Act as Petitioner asserts.” That’s “misleading,” said the Wright Petitioners, because one month earlier, a Securus employee testified in Mississippi County, Missouri, for a criminal case involving use of the Securus LBS product to allegedly track cellphones of five county employees. The petitioners said there was another “inaccurate” statement that the company secured all state regulatory OKs, when Alaska and California reviews are ongoing (see 1708030040). Petitioners' claims are inaccurate and Securus will file a formal response to the privacy allegations, even though they're unrelated to the transfer of control, Securus CEO Richard Smith said Friday: "Securus has not violated the Communications Act nor has knowledge of any violations."