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Toyota Being Sued For Cell Phone Pretexting
Filed Under (Cell Phone, cellphone) by admin on 09-05-2008
Tagged Under : celphone, mobile spy, sue
A former employee of Toyota’s Georgetown, Kentucky plant has sued the auto maker, one of Kentucky’s largest employers, for accessing his personal cell phone records by using a technique called pretexting during an internal investigation at the Georgetown plant in 2005.
Although federal law requires that the owner of a cell phone must give permission before any third party accesses the owner’s cell phone records, the employee, Charles W. Jones, Jr., has stated in court documents that he did not give Toyota permission to access his records.
The lawsuit, which was filed on February 8, is pending in Federal U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky Louisville Division. Toyota has denied any wrongdoing and is currently attempting to dismiss the case according to documents it filed in court. Mr. Jones, Jr. seeks unspecified damages, including punitive damages, for violation of federal law, invasion of privacy, and for emotional distress caused by the investigation.
