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USTelecom Calls Pretexting Order "Anti-Consumer"

The FCC released new rules Monday for securing consumer proprietary network information (CPNI). USTelecom CEO Walter McCormick said telecom companies took their customers' privacy seriously and expressed concern about the FCC's overly broad approach. McCormick said the rules were "anti-consumer" and went far beyond protecting the legitimate privacy interests of call-detail information to preventing any marketing of new services, bundled offerings and new applications that can save consumers money.