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Senate Passage Of Phone Records Privacy Bill Likely - UPDATE

K.C. Jones writes on InformationWeek:

Buying, selling, or obtaining phone records without a customer's permission could become a felony if no one in the U.S. Senate objects to a bill that lawmakers have put on a fast track for passage.

The bill, the Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006, could pass Friday or in the early morning hours Saturday, when observers expect the Senate to wrap up business for the year. Senate staffers said Thursday their chamber had hot-lined the so-called "pretexting" bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on April 25. That means if no one objects before the close of session, the technology-neutral bill will pass the Senate by unanimous consent.

posted by Fergie @ 12/08/2006 04:36:00 PM