Volume IV

Issue : 5: March 9, 2006

• Yahoo! Restricts Bids on Competitors Trade marked Keywords
• Missouri Attorney General Targets Another Cell Phone Records Provider
• IBMs New Consumer Identity Protection Program
• Vonage Canada Complains About "VoIP Tax"
• FTC Settles with Cardsystems over Data Breach
• Toronto Hydro Plans Wireless Internet Access for Downtown
• RIM Concludes Patent Battle With $612.5M Payment to NTP
• Alberta Privacy Commissioner Issues Report on Outsourcing

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Missouri Attorney General Targets Another Cell Phone Records Provider

Missouri Attorney General, Jay Nixon, has asked for a court order to stop the website datatraceusa.com, operated by Data Trace USA Inc., from operating in the State of Missouri. The basis for the order is that Data Trace is violating Missouri consumer protection laws by misrepresenting that it is legal for them to obtain, possess and sell information gained from cellular phone records. As of the time of writing, the website was no longer operational.

The State of Missouri has obtained preliminary injunctions against similar websites Locatecell.com and Completeskiptrace.com within the last month, making it the first state to successfully do so.

For additional information, visit:

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/14032902.htm

For the Official press release, visit:

http://www.ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2006/030606.htm 606.htm