Who Can See My Phone Records
Who Can See My Phone Records
Phone records are made up of call logs and text logs. A call log will contain information about calls such as date, time, recipient, general location, and the length of the call. A text log is more general and is more or less a quick wrap up of a call containing the date, time, and call recipient. Contrary to popular opinion there is no real difference between Cell Phone records and Landline phone records.
It is important to point out that phone records are not for sale. In fact, selling phone records is Illegal. When using reverse white pages, companies that provide cell phone trace services do not provide phone records and do not have access to them. Here’s what AT&T has to say about it on their Cell Phone Records Security Page:
As you may have read or seen in the media, a number of websites are advertising the availability for sale of wireless phone records. Please know that AT&T does not sell customer information to, or otherwise cooperate with, these companies, and we are working aggressively to combat their practices. AT&T has filed lawsuits against several of such companies, and has obtained restraining orders prohibiting them from obtaining customer information or providing it to anyone. AT&T
AT&T and other major cell phone service providers are leading the charge against the perception that actual cell phone records are being bought and sold, and Trace A Cell Number fully supports this effort. The major cause of public’s misconception has been due to the fallout of the George W. Bush scandal involving the NSA and domestic spying allegations in 2006. The media claimed major cell phone providers were assisting the Bush White House by providing cell phone records which would allow the government to effectively “listen in” on ordinary Americans.
So who can see my phone records?
Besides yourself, only the phone company and their affiliates have access to your phone records. Service Providers my use third party partners to due billing and other tasks. These companies are known as affiliates and they cannot buy or sell phone records.
However, phone companies can take the public information from records and repackage it for sale to marketers but this data is so stripped down it can be found anywhere. Each telephone company does provide opt out solutions for customers if they choose to remove their information from these lists. Service Providers are also required to cooperate with subpenas and other official requests from government agencies. This is what had initially raised questions regarding cell phone records and the National Security Agency.
So, the phone company, certain government agencies, and to some extent marketing companies have access to your cell phone records. Anyone who is advertising the sale of information on the open market is not selling phone records. They are actually selling public information compiled from several sources.
This is completely legal but often misunderstood. In this day and age we often give out our information to several entities for many different reasons. Reputable reverse white pages and cell phone numbers search companies simply cast out a wide net over several public sectors and reel the information into very specialized and complete databases. Accessing one of these cell number lookup companies should be very inexpensive compared to buying pieces of information from scattered sources.
People use this information to identify the owners of cell phones that call into their phones from numbers they do not recognize. It is important to be able to know who is on the other end of the phone especially if you are being harassed for some reason. Using a company to find people by phone number is a great and legal way to access information.
