Cingular filed suit today against the investigation agency used by HP in its prextexting search for board leakers, marking the second telecom provider to bring suit for violating its customers’ privacy in the burgeoning mess. The wireless carrier accused CAS Agency Inc. and one of its employees, Charles Kelly, in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta for obtaining customer call records under false pretenses.
Cingular’s suit comes on the heels of a similar suit filed yesterday by Verizon Wireless, which accused 20 unnamed individuals for accessing an HP Director’s records under false pretenses — Larry Babbio, Vice Chairman of Verizon, a partner in Verizon Wireless, is on the board of HP. In at least one case, the unnamed individual posed as a Verizon Wireless customer service representative to gain the private information.
In addition to naming 100 “John Does” as defendants, Cingular got more specific and named CAS and Kelly in particular after learning during congressional hearings yesterday that the defendants obtained the records of CNET reporter Dawn Kawamoto in the HP probe.
Cynthia Brumfield at 10:17 AM|Comments(0)
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