Sprint Nextel has filed a lawsuit against a Florida company that it claims obtained customers' confidential cell phone records through deceptive means.
Sprint filed its lawsuit against St. Petersburg-based San Marco & Associates last week in a U.S. District Court in Florida. The lawsuit alleges San Marco & Associates tried to obtain the confidential records under false pretenses and then tried to sell the information to data brokers.
"As we dig deeper into the origins of this fraud, we've determined that, in some cases, companies with no Internet presence whatsoever are handling the dirty work for these online operations," Kent Nakamura, Sprint Nextel chief privacy officer, said in a statement.
Sprint is seeking temporary and permanent injunctionS against San Marco & Associates. Earlier this year, the courts granted Sprint a permanent injunction against First Source Information Specialists, parent company of such Web sites as locatecell.com and datafind.org, which can no longer attempt to obtain or distribute confidential cell phone records belonging to Sprint customers.
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My spanish is really bad, but the recording says something like "push 1 on your cellular to win your prize".
Verizon sued a florida spanish telemarketer but it hasn't stopped them from calling. This is illegal because they are automated dialing - and using a recording without providing someone the line, and are calling CELLPHONES.