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InternetNews March 8, 2006 Roy Mark	Second Phone Data Privacy Bill Approved Targeting both telephone data brokers and telecoms, a House panel today approved legislation that bans the sale, lease or rental of confidential telephone records.
InternetNews February 22, 2006 Roy Mark	House Widens Black Market Phone Data Probe The congressional hearings probing data brokers that sell personal phone records on the Internet have concluded, but the lawmakers' investigation continues.
InternetNews February 6, 2006 Roy Mark	House Has Eyes on Black Market Data Sites The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee demands to know source of phone records for sale on Internet.
InternetNews March 2, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Rocks Phone Record Thieves The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation today aimed at curbing the sale of online black market telephone records.
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Say: Ban All Sales of Phone Records The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission suggest that new laws targeting online phone data brokers should also include carriers.
InternetNews July 14, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC Fines Phone Data Broker The Federal Communications Commission hit online telephone records broker LocateCell with its maximum fine of $97,500 for failing to respond to a subpoena request.
InternetNews September 29, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Rekindles Hope for Pretexting Bill House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman claims anti-pretexting legislation has a good chance to hit floor before Saturday adjournment.
InternetNews January 17, 2007 Roy Mark	FCC Pushing Carriers to Guard Your Data FCC chairman to push telephone carriers to better protect consumer personal data.
InternetNews August 24, 2006 Roy Mark	AT&T After 'John Doe' Data Brokers New legal tactics aim to curb data brokers gaining unauthorized access to confidential phone records.
InternetNews September 8, 2006 Roy Mark	The Murky World of Pretexting HP's actions may be legally questionable, but they sure were easy.
InternetNews September 15, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Nearing Pretexting Vote With an Oct. 6 adjournment date looming, U.S. Senate leaders are hammering out backroom compromise legislation to finalize a bill criminalizing making false or fraudulent statements to obtain phone records.
InternetNews January 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Capitol Hill Roiling Over Online Phone Records The furor over online data brokers selling personal telephone data continues to roil on Capitol Hill with a House panel now demanding to know when the Federal Communications Commission will complete its investigation.
InternetNews January 23, 2006 Roy Mark	Online Phone Data Brokers Stonewall FCC The Federal Communications Commission orders brokers to provide information about source of phone data they are selling over Internet.
InternetNews December 11, 2006 Roy Mark	Pretexting For Phone Records on The Block As one of its final acts in the wee hours of Saturday morning, the U.S. Congress approved legislation criminalizing the practice of pretexting for confidential telephone information.
InternetNews March 9, 2006 Roy Mark	Phone Data Privacy Bill Heats Up in Senate Momentum for a telephone data privacy bill began building in the U.S. Senate Wednesday, with Sen. George Allen introducing legislation to outlaw the acquiring, selling or soliciting of someone else's phone records without their express consent.
InternetNews March 9, 2007 Roy Mark	Bill Would Protect Call Records From Snoopers New legislation would have FTC write rules for stricter security standards for consumers' personal phone records.
InternetNews April 3, 2007 Roy Mark	Phone Carriers Could Have Your Back The FCC approves rules that, among other things, require telephone carriers to obtain customers' consent to share data.
InternetNews January 17, 2007 Roy Mark	Pretexting Ban a Federal Done Deal Bush signs new law targeting those who seek confidential phone records and those who sell them.
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark	House Delivers Package of Privacy Bills Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a package of bills Thursday evening aimed at identity theft, pretexting, data security and breach notifications.
InternetNews January 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Move Against Phone Record Brokers New legislation targets the illegal selling of personal telephone record data.
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Roy Mark	EPIC Petition Catches FCC's Attention The Federal Communications Commission expects to open a proceeding next Friday on imposing stricter security standards for telephone carriers' handling of consumers' personal data.
InternetNews May 3, 2006 Roy Mark	FTC Sues Sites Selling Phone Records Five Internet sites selling confidential phone records became the target of Federal Trade Commission lawsuits Wednesday.
InternetNews August 30, 2005 Roy Mark	EPIC Battle Brewing Over Personal Phone Data Telephone carriers are not adequately protecting the personal information of subscribers, increasing consumer vulnerability to identity theft, fraud and online stalkers.
InternetNews February 9, 2006 Roy Mark	IM, E-Mail Identities Hot on The Net Online data brokers are selling far more than personal telephone records, including the actual names, addresses and phone numbers of instant messaging users and those registered with dating sites, such as Match.com.
InternetNews September 11, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC Questions AT&T Role in HP Scandal The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching a formal investigation into AT&T's role in disclosing the personal telephone records of HP board members and selected journalists to HP private investigators.
InternetNews March 31, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Passes Phone Data Confidentiality Bill A U.S. Senate panel pushed out legislation yesterday that makes it illegal to acquire, use or sell a person's confidential phone records without affirmative written consent.
Information Today December 9, 2014 George H. Pike	FOIA Reform Gets Key Senate Endorsement The Senate's FOIA Improvement Act of 2014 (and the House's similar bill) seeks to move the administration's "presumption of openness" from mere encouragement to federal law.
PC World July 17, 2002 Stephen Chiger	Telco Customer Data Goes Up for Grabs FCC's contentious ruling gives 'affiliated' parties default access to customer data, requires opt-in for others.
InternetNews February 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Are Carriers Doing Enough to Protect Consumer Data? The Federal Communications Commission launches a new inquiry into security practices of telephone companies.
InternetNews January 31, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC: Fines For AT&T, Alltel The Federal Communications Commission Monday proposed fining AT&T and Alltel $100,000 each for failing to file paperwork certifying the security of their customers' telephone data.
InternetNews November 25, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Verizon Staff Fired After Peek at Obama's Calls The Verizon Wireless employees who accessed President-elect Barack Obama's records without authorization have been fired, according to news reports.
InternetNews February 24, 2006 Roy Mark	EPIC: Lawyers Drive Phone Data Black Market The Electronic Privacy Information Center says that lawyers are the primary buyers of online black market phone data raising significant ethical issues for the legal profession.
InternetNews January 29, 2004 Roy Mark	Panel Predicts Few VoIP Regulations Congressional and FCC lawyers underscore the call by elected officials for light regulatory approach to emerging Internet telephone business.
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Sean Gallagher	Senate Panel Blesses Community Broadband A Senate panel has approved legislation banning states' efforts to prevent local governments from providing community broadband access.
InternetNews March 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Sprint Nextel Targets Florida Pretexter Sprint Nextel took a number at the courthouse Monday to become the latest phone company to sue an alleged pretexter, people who impersonate another in order to illegally obtain confidential phone data.
InternetNews March 9, 2007 Roy Mark	Internet Pretexter Dials Up FTC Settlement Deal bars Information Search from pretexting and selling consumers' personal phone records.
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Roy Mark	Cops And Data Robbers Get Mention on Hill Data brokers take the Fifth; Cops cheat subpoenas through Internet; Senator Nelson slow to get the message.
U.S. CPSC December 19, 2007	US Consumer Product Safety Commission Acting Chairman Nancy Nord Applauds House Vote on Landmark Consumer Product Safety Legislation The members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are congratulated for their leadership and hard work on significant product safety legislation.
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers OK Video Voyeurism Privacy Bill The U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate Tuesday in passing privacy protections against video voyeurism. The House bill makes it a crime to engage in illicit photography or "cyber peeking" on federal property.
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Roy Mark	VZ Wireless Slams National 411 Directory Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, clashed with other cellular carriers on Tuesday, telling a U.S. Senate committee that a proposed national wireless telephone directory is a "terrible idea" and should be scrapped.
InternetNews June 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Showing Little Interest in Net Neutrality The network neutrality debate resumed today in the U.S. Senate the way it ended in the House of Representatives Thursday night: apparently dead on arrival.
InternetNews September 23, 2004 Roy Mark	Opt-In Wireless Directory Advances in Senate Close vote requires wireless carriers to obtain consent before listing consumers' cell phone numbers in public directory.
InternetNews May 22, 2007 Roy Mark	House Passes Anti-Spyware Legislation I SPY Act earns third approval from House. Will Senate reject legislation for third time?
InternetNews September 15, 2006 Roy Mark	Congress Wants HP Front And Center HP is guaranteed another embarrassing day in the sun over its pretexting scandal, this time with the cameras rolling and a national audience.
InternetNews July 21, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Sets VoIP Vote Legislation aims to exert exclusive federal jurisdiction over Internet telephony.
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breach Bills Crowding Congress Seeking to make it a crime to conceal data breaches involving personal information, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Thursday jumped into the data breach debate playing out on Capitol Hill.
U.S. CPSC October 31, 2007	CPSC Acting Chairman Issues Statement on Letter to Congress A response to those who called for his resignation.
InternetNews June 30, 2005 Roy Mark	Bill Targets Trafficking in Social Security Numbers Legislation requires companies to alert customers if their credit card information has been breached. The bill also prohibits requiring individuals to use Social Security numbers as their account numbers.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2004 Rich Smith	Senate's Cellular Stand The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill on the proposed "E411" cell phone directory. Considering that the directory has not even been created yet, the Commerce Committee's opt-in restriction may well kill the idea before it ever gets off the ground.
PC World September 2001 Cameron Crouch	Will Big Brother Track You by Cell Phone? The FCC requires cell phone companies to track you, in order to find you when you call 911 -- but what about your privacy?