FTC Halts Pretexting Operation Connected to Hewlett-Packard
A U.S. judge ordered a Florida business connected to the 2006 Hewlett-Packard spying scandal to halt the sale of personal telephone records and ordered defendants in the case to pay more than US$605,000 after a complaint by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Judge Anne Conway of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division, ordered Action Research Group and people connected with the company to stop obtaining consumers’ telephone records without their consent, the FTC announced Wednesday.