A pretext is the use of a subterfuge on the part of one party, ... According to the FTC, utilizing pretexts to obtain personal phone records is also illegal. Certain states, such as California and Illinois, have made all forms of pretexts illegal. In at least one third of the states, utilizing pretexts to obtain information...
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www.marquetinternational.com/pdf/Pretexts%20article.pdf
www.marquetinternational.com/pdf/Pretexts%20article.pdf
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Authorized by Hewlett-Packard's chairwoman Patricia Dunn to find a director who leaked the company's plans to the media, private investigators used pretexting--impersonating a person to get their phone records--to link one boardmember with a call to a reporter earlier this year. ... HP's pretext to spy 2006-09-08; Anonymous...
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www.securityfocus.com/brief/296
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On July 24, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., announced he was drafting a bill that would make it illegal to "pretext" for phone call records and then sell the information. ... While it's still unclear how or even if legislative measures would effectively protect your personal call logs, privacy and security experts say...
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abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=1071014
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In a letter (200k pdf) to the Federal Communications Commission, Senator Harry Reid has called upon the agency to "begin an investigation into how online data brokers are obtaining Americans' private phone records, and whether phone companies are doing enough to protect the personal and private information with which...
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He also points to a letter from Tom Perkins, now on the Smoking Gun, that details (successful) efforts to pretext Perkins’ phone records. ... Almost as shameful as this story: how easy it is to get someone else’s phone records online.
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www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/06/surveillance-is-this-the-...
www.robhyndman.com/2006/09/06/surveillance-is-this-the-hp-way/
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Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced legislation designed to crack down on the sale of cell phone records by pretext callers. More recently -- just last week -- Sen. Ed Markey, ... In September, the site settled with Verizon, agreeing to discontinue sales, and to tell Verizon how it managed to obtain the customer records.
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redtape.msnbc.com/2005/11/its_actually_ob.html
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How does it feel so close to the destruction of your entire party. We aren’t scared of terrorists like you are. Chicken shit republicans. Go live in your bomb shelter. ... The phone companies are compelled by law (CALEA) to allow eavesdropping and access to records by law enforcement.
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thinkprogress.org/2006/05/11/telcos-liable/
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For all of you that responded that "it's OK to collect phone records because it will help national security" -- you do not deserve to live in this country. You have no concept of what the Constitution stands for -- nor do you have any appreciation for the liberties you enjoy.
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www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/12/feedback.phone.records/index....
www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/12/feedback.phone.records/index.html
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The author will then offer his opinion as to whether or not Patricia Dunn should have been dismissed for her actions. Patricia Dunn, HP, and the Pretext Scandal; Hewlett-Packard is without ... Then it pleaded guilty to acquiring the phone records of some of its board of directors, at the behest of chairwoman Patricia Dunn,
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www.oppapers.com/essays/Patricia-Dunn-Hp-Pretext-Scanda...
www.oppapers.com/essays/Patricia-Dunn-Hp-Pretext-Scandal/173110
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