Verizon Wireless has secured a court order to halt a Tennessee-based company from illegally obtaining and selling confidential telephone records of Verizon Wireless customers.
Earlier this summer, Verizon Wireless sued Cookeville, TN.-based Source Resources Inc. in New Jersey State Superior Court in Somerset County, NJ, seeking an injunction barring the company from acquiring, possessing or selling Verizon Wireless customer account information without a valid court order or the customer’s consent.
Superior Court Judge Harriet Derman ordered a permanent injunction against Source Resources earlier this week as part of a settlement between Verizon Wireless and the company. Source Resources agreed to cooperate by surrendering records of its transactions and information about how it previously obtained customer records.
The lawsuit was filed by Verizon Wireless July 8 against Source Resources, which advertised on its Internet site the capability to secure confidential wireless telephone records for a fee. Verizon Wireless brought the lawsuit after one of its customers reported his records had been secured without permission by Source.
Bedminister, NJ-based Verizon Wireless has 47.4 million voice and data customers.
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