Message for Cell Phone Users

BOXER URGES CELL PHONE USERS TO ACT TO ENSURE THEIR PRIVACY

San Francisco, CA – As the author of the proposed Wireless 411 Privacy Act, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today urged her constituents who want to protect their cell phone privacy to register their cell phone numbers in the National Do Not Call List. Boxer said, “There is a rumor going around that cell phone users will begin getting telemarketing calls as early as January 1st if they do not register with the Do Not Call List by December 15th. Whether this rumor is true or not, to be on the safe side, this is as good a time as any to register your cell phone number in the Do Not Call database.” Senator Boxer’s Wireless 411 Privacy Act would have protected wireless telephone customers from having their cellular phone numbers listed in a national directory without their consent. The directory is being assembled by the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association. Although Senator Boxer’s legislation passed out of the Commerce Committee, it failed to get scheduled on the Senate floor. Senator Boxer said, “People should have the right to decide who has access to their wireless phone number.” Cellular phone customers can register their numbers online at www.donotcall.gov or by calling 1-888-382-1222.