Did the FTC signal tacit approval of the sale of phone records by private investigators?
e) Why has the FTC been AWOL when it comes to protecting phone records? These questions are fair as, after all, the FTC is supposed to be the watch dog for the American consumer. Given my work with, study of, and access to information concerning the role of the FTC when it comes to illicit information brokers and private investigators Id like to posit answers to the above questions as I believe the reality is that when it comes to phone records and all other illicitly obtained consumer records the watch-dog is nothing more than a lap-dog on a leash held by the illicit information brokers and private investigators. a) Was the FTC Aware of the Sale of Phone Records Prior to Recent News Accounts? Yes. The FTC has been aware of the sale of phone records due to the Touch Tone Information case; Operation Detect Pretext; the Boyer murder case; and direct interaction and communication with the private investigative profession including direct inquiries from PI Magazine on the FTCs views regard
