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Come on Amp’d, did you really think that your slacker attitude regarding customer information wasn’t going to get noticed? Well, sure enough, the FCC got wind of Amp’d Mobiles failure to comply with regulations for curbing pretext fraud requiring internal safeguards to protect customer information. Pretexting, recently outlawed by Congress, is the practice of impersonating a wireless customer to glean personal data from the carrier. Now, Amp’d is facing a $100,000 fine – the fourth this year – as part of the FCC’s push to take “aggressive, substantial steps” towards securing consumer data.
Amp’d has 30 days to pony up more information on their protection procedures or request a lower fine. We request a higher fine for any operator that gets lazy with its customer protection regiment. Amp’d has $5.1 million in annual sales – we think a higher fine would really get them off their bums and get working for their customers.
Via: Yahoo News
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
