FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps: “Recent news reports suggest that some â but interestingly not all â of the nationâs largest telephone companies have provided the government with their customersâ calling records. There is no doubt that protecting the security of the American people is our governmentâs number one responsibility. But in a Digital Age where collecting, distributing, and manipulating consumersâ personal information is as easy as a click of a button, the privacy of our citizens must still matter. To get to the bottom of this situation, the FCC should initiate an inquiry into whether the phone companiesâ involvement violated Section 222 or any other provisions of the Communications Act. We need to be certain that the companies over which the FCC has public interest oversight have not gone â or been asked to go â to a place where they should not be.”
FCC Commissioner Michael J.
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May 15, 2006 7:08 p.m.
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