Excellent, simple FCC site showing law forbidding your info release. [View All]

All you need to call your carrier. Ask them which one of the three did they choose to legally sell your information? You got em right by the nuts.



What Information Does Your Telephone Company Collect?

Your local, long distance and wireless telephone companies collect information such as the numbers you call and when you call them, as well as the particular services you use, such as call forwarding or voice mail. Telephone companies collect this customer information, sometimes called Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI), so they can provide the services you have requested and send you bills for this service.


What Can Your Telephone Company Do With This Information?

Both a law passed by Congress and Federal Communications Commission rules impose a general duty on telephone companies to protect the confidentiality of your customer information. Telephone companies may use, disclose, or permit access to your customer information in these circumstances: (1) as required by law; (2) with your approval; and (3) in providing the service from which the customer information is derived.

FCC rules require your telephone company to disclose your customer information to any person you designate if you make a request in writing. Your telephone company may use your customer information, without your approval, to market enhancements to services you already use. For example, if you purchase basic local telephone service from a telephone company, it does not need your approval to use your customer information to try to sell you voice mail or caller ID services. However, if you ask your telephone company to put your residential telephone number on its company-specific do-not-call list, it cannot legally make these calls.

If your telephone company uses your customer information for other marketing, it must obtain your approval to do so. The company may request your approval orally, in writing, or electronically. The request must contain specific disclosures about how your telephone company will use your customer information. The company can request your approval using one of two methods:


http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/phoneaboutyou.html ... Happy annihilating :nuke: