== Forwarded Message Follows ========================================= * Originally By: In:epic-news@epic.org * Originally Re: EPIC Alert 4.05 * Original Date: 04-08-97 18:08 <<< This message is part 2 of a previous message >>> the privacy of information gathered about consumers by telephone companies. The recommendations cover Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI). CPNI is the information that is gathered by phone companies in the process of delivering services, such as numbers called, length of calls, and times calls were made. The FCC is currently conducting a rulemaking on CPNI under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The law limits the use and disclosure of CPNI information: a telecommunications carrier that receives or obtains customer proprietary network information by virtue of its provision of a telecommunications service shall only use, disclose, or permit access to individually identifiable customer proprietary network information in its provision of (A) the telecommunications service from which such information is derived, or (B) services necessary to, or used in, the provision of such telecommunications service, including the publishing of directories. NTIA recommended that phone companies provide a list of uses for the information and provide consumers with an opportunity to opt-out of those disclosures. However, this appears to contradict the text of Section 702 of the Act, which requires that phone companies obtain prior written consent before they can share the information and use the information for marketing purposes. Telephone companies have been pressing the FCC to relax that requirement and to require customers to contact them before the telcos stop selling the information. Public interest groups such as Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility and NetAction are arguing for more consumer protection. The NTIA comments are available at: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fccfilings/cc96-115.htm ======================================================================= [8] Upcoming Conferences and Events ======================================================================= Culture and Democracy revisited in the Global Information Society. May 8 - 10, 1997. Corfu, Greece. Sponsored by IFIP-WG9.2/9.5. Contact: http://www.math.aegean.gr/english/events/econf/ecnew/ewc97.htm Can Trusted Third Parties Be Trusted?: A Public Debate on The UK DTI Crypto Proposal. May 19, 1997. London, UK. Sponsored by Privacy International and the London School of Economics. 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