Pay special attention to the portion of the article that states Source
Resources has agreed "to cooperate with Verizon Wireless by surrendering
records of its transactions and information about how it previously obtained
customer records." This may mean they will provide Verizon Wireless with the
names of people who ordered these searches from Source Resources. It is very
possible Verizon Wireless will notify those customers who have had their
accounts compromised. They may also provide those customers with the names
and addresses of the persons who ordered the searches.
Theft of Verizon Wireless Customer Records By Tennessee Company Halted
15.09.2005 14:07:00
BEDMINSTER, N.J., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today
that it has secured a court order to halt a Tennessee-based company's
illegal practice of obtaining and selling confidential telephone records of
Verizon Wireless customers.
Earlier this summer, Verizon Wireless sued Cookeville, Tenn.-based Source
Resources Inc., in New Jersey State Superior Court in Somerset County, N.J.,
seeking among other things an injunction barring Source Resources from
acquiring, possessing or selling confidential Verizon Wireless customer
account information without a valid court order or the customer's express
consent.
Superior Court Judge Harriet Derman ordered a permanent injunction against
Source Resources Tuesday as part of a settlement between Verizon Wireless
and the company. Source Resources agreed to cooperate with Verizon Wireless
by surrendering records of its transactions and information about how it
previously obtained customer records.
"Accessing a person's personal telephone records without a valid court order
or the customer's permission is illegal," said Steven Zipperstein, General
Counsel and Vice President of Legal and External Affairs at Verizon
Wireless. "Verizon Wireless will protect our customers against these kinds
of assaults on their privacy, and we will use every weapon in our legal
arsenal to shut down identity-theft operations."
The lawsuit was filed by Verizon Wireless July 8th against Source Resources,
which advertised on its Internet site the capability to secure confidential
wireless telephone records for a fee. Verizon Wireless brought the lawsuit
after one of its customers reported that his confidential wireless phone
records had been secured without his permission by Source Resources.
Verizon Wireless' record of protecting customer privacy puts it at the
forefront of the U.S. consumer service companies. In August 2004, the
company won a permanent injunction against a group that was "spamming"
Verizon Wireless customers with unsolicited text messages. The company also
broke with the wireless industry by becoming the first to announce it would
protect customer privacy by refusing to participate in a national wireless
phone directory. Most recently, the company filed ground-breaking lawsuits
against two telemarketing firms who had flooded Verizon Wireless customers
with unwanted calls.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless owns and operates the nation's most reliable wireless
network, serving 47.4 million voice and data customers. Headquartered in
Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon
Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more information on
the Web at
http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request
broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon
Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at
http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
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