PENALTIES MAY HIT INFO-SHARING CARRIERS, CRS SAYS

摘要

Phone companies could be criminally or civilly liable for wiretapping involvement, a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report said. But 搕he application of statutory provisions is likely to be a very fact-specific inquiry?and depends on specific, probably classified information, CRS said Thurs. The report, by CRS attorneys, found 揻actual information available in the public domain is faulty and at times inconsistent,?suggesting the information isn't nearly enough to decide if telcos face consequences. But it did highlight clear aspects of federal code showing that if companies did give data without proper authorization, as news reports claim, corporate decision-makers would face penalties.