Methuss
11-09-2005, 12:15 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters)—Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday that it had received a court injunction to stop a Florida investigative agency from fraudulently obtaining confidential information about its wireless subscribers.
The No. 2 U.S. mobile service said it filed a lawsuit accusing Global Information Group of making thousands of attempts to gather confidential information without authorization and using fraudulent schemes to do so, including impersonating Verizon employees and posing as customers.
Verizon Wireless is a venture of Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc.
It said it filed suit in Hillsborough County, Florida, on November 2 and received a temporary restraining order on the same day. The court also gave it an order entitling it to seize any information the agency may have gathered.
Verizon Wireless said it had already asked courts for help three times this year on customer privacy concerns.
It also received a court order in the summer to stop a Tennessee-based company from illegally obtaining and selling confidential customer telephone records.
Also during the summer it received injunctions against telemarketing companies in Florida and California to stop them from making illegal sales calls to its customers.
The No. 2 U.S. mobile service said it filed a lawsuit accusing Global Information Group of making thousands of attempts to gather confidential information without authorization and using fraudulent schemes to do so, including impersonating Verizon employees and posing as customers.
Verizon Wireless is a venture of Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc.
It said it filed suit in Hillsborough County, Florida, on November 2 and received a temporary restraining order on the same day. The court also gave it an order entitling it to seize any information the agency may have gathered.
Verizon Wireless said it had already asked courts for help three times this year on customer privacy concerns.
It also received a court order in the summer to stop a Tennessee-based company from illegally obtaining and selling confidential customer telephone records.
Also during the summer it received injunctions against telemarketing companies in Florida and California to stop them from making illegal sales calls to its customers.