HB 1632 -- Theft of Telephone Records

Sponsor:  Cooper (120)

This bill creates the crime of knowingly receiving, selling, or
obtaining land-line or cellular telephone records without a
customer's consent.  Exemptions include the actions of law
enforcement officers performing their official duties, lawful use
of the records in order to provide service, the use of records
pursuant to the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, and the
emergency use of records to prevent death or serious injury.

Customers and telecommunications companies can recover actual
damages, illicit profits, and punitive damages from persons who
violate these provisions.  There is a two-year statute of
limitation on the civil actions.

The bill does not create any new cause of action against
telecommunications companies, but does require them to establish
reasonable procedures to guard against the theft of telephone
records.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:44 am