Your Mobile Phone Call Records For Sale?
The
Chicago Sun-Times reports in
Your phone records are for sale that anyone willing to pay a hefty price can get a record of the cell phone numbers you have called. Apparently the FBI tested one online broker and was able to get records for an FBI agent's cell phone within hours for $160.00.
Apparently federal law does not specifically address this issue and anyone willing to pay can get a record of your calls, if they know your cell phone number. While this might be a boon for a private detective, a spouse wanting to check on a suspected cheating spouse, or a business competitor trying to see who sales reps are contacting, it raises some ethical questions about how the numbers were obtained and what cell phone provider services are doing or not doing to protect your information.
