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Cell Phone Records Privacy Hubbub Good for Business

Bob Sullivan writes on MSNBC:

All this discussion about private cell phone records being sold to anyone with a checkbook is finally making a difference. At least one company that sells the records says the publicity has been great for business.

"As a result of the recent newscasts on cellular research, we have been completely inundated with orders," a message on CellularTrace.com read Thursday. "We are getting caught up as quickly as possible, but those placing new orders should expect delays.

The site got prominent mention in Congress on Wednesday, as the House Energy and Commerce Committee debated ways to deal with the problem of cell phone record sales. Witness Rob Douglas, CEO of PrivacyToday.com, showed the site and several others still doing business, and in fact taking advantage of the current publicity.

posted by Fergie @ 2/02/2006 12:45:00 PM