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STATEMENT OF
COMMISSIONER DEBORAH TAYLOR TATE
Re: 1st Source Information Specialists, Inc., d/b/a LocateCell.com,
Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, Notice of Apparent Liability for
Forfeiture, EB File No. EB-05-TC-059; FRN 0014762439; NAL Acct. No.
200632170005.
The brokerage of personal information - whether it be personal identity,
financial records, or a list of your phone calls - is intolerable. Six
months ago we pledged to do our part to keep consumer's personal phone
data confidential. Today, we keep that promise.
LocateCell was subpoenaed in an effort to determine how it was able to
access sensitive, personal subscriber information that telecommunications
carriers are obligated to protect. But instead of responding with full
candor, LocateCell has willfully and repeatedly ignored the Commission's
most significant data requests. Accordingly, we issue this Notice of
Apparent Liability, and propose the maximum forfeiture amount against
LocateCell.
The action we take today should reinforce our message to any and all
information snatchers - we will continue to be vigilant in enforcing our
obligation to protect consumers' most personal information. The personal
records of American consumers are not for sale.