Cell Phone Location Technology: How Do We Protect Privacy While Saving Lives?
May 24, 2001
The FCC, through its E-911 mandate, will require wireless telecommunications service providers to determine the physical location of callers who dial 911 from mobile phones with a high degree of accuracy. Real-time location information on wireless phone users is both commercially valuable and highly sensitive. The availability of such information opens the possibility of utilizing this information for law enforcement, location-based direct marketing, and a host of other purposes.
Senator Jay Rockefeller and Senator Bill
Frist invite you to join them for a discussion of privacy and wireless location technology.  Written Transcript of the session
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Featured Speakers: |
Stephen Carter, CEO of Cingular Wireless – the nation’s second largest wireless carrier with over 20 million subscribers. |
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David Sobel, General Counsel to the Electronic Privacy Information Center – a leading public interest research group dedicated to protecting consumer privacy. |
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George Heinrichs, President & CEO of SCC Communications – the largest provider of 911 and E-911 technology and services. |
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Dan Allen, President & CEO of Airbiquity, Inc. – a leading provider of GPS-based location technology for wireless devices. |
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