more on more on COMMENTS REQUESTED -- Apparent large telco liability based on USA Today facts

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: David Bolduc <bolduc () austin rr com>
Date: May 12, 2006 3:41:08 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Cc: Randall <rvh40 () INSIGHTBB COM>
Subject: Fwd: [IP] more on COMMENTS REQUESTED -- Apparent large telco  
liability based on USA Today facts

More from Our Man Friday, still cyber-marooned.

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> From: Randall <rvh40 () insightbb com>
> Date: May 12, 2006 2:28:31 PM CDT
> To: David Bolduc <bolduc () austin rr com>
> Cc: Simon () higgs com
> Subject: Re: [IP] more on   COMMENTS REQUESTED -- Apparent large  
> telco liability based on USA Today facts
>
> [David: Could you forward this to Dave Farber for me?  Thx]
>
> On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 15:08 -0400, David Farber wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Simon Higgs <simon () higgs com>
> > Date: May 12, 2006 2:06:24 PM EDT
> > To: dave () farber net
> > Cc: Peter Swire <peter () peterswire net>
> > Subject: Re: [IP] COMMENTS REQUESTED -- Apparent large telco
> > liability based on USA Today facts
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> > Here's your answer:
> >
> > > (iii) the customer's consent;
> >
> > If you look in the fine print of the contract, you'll find that
> > customers consent to this as part of their terms of service. If they
> > don't agree to this, they don't get service.
>
> Nope.
>
> > From Cingular's TOS:
>
> "Under federal law, you have a right, and we have a duty, to  
> protect the
> confidentiality of information about your telephone usage, the  
> services
> you buy from us, who you call, and the location of your device on our
> network when you make a voice call. This information is sometimes
> referred to as "Customer Proprietary Network Information," or  
> "CPNI." We
> share CPNI and other personal information about you with affiliates of
> AT&T and BellSouth Corporation (the parent companies of Cingular) that
> provide telecommunications services to which you also subscribe.  
> Before
> sharing CPNI in any other way, we will first notify you of your rights
> under the law, describe how we intend to use the CPNI, and give you an
> opportunity to opt out of such usage (or, when required by law, to opt
> in)."
>
> ==
> My original Writing blog: http://itgotworse.blogsource.com


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