Ms. Buyer is a regular columnist for the THE BULLETIN of the Bar Association of Erie County and is a contributor to No Jitter. Previously, she has written numerous commentaries on telecommunications law for other legal and telecommunications publications including, among others, The Daily Record, Communications Convergence and Computer Telephony. Her articles cover a broad range of topics highlighting current telecommunications issues including federal and state telecommunications policy, litigation, wireless technologies, spectrum policy, FCC initiatives, and industry consolidation. Martha Buyer has also contributed to the ABA Journal Report.
Although they’re not here quite yet, the day of the mobile wallet is quickly approaching. However, before most of us feel comfortable keeping more information than we already do on our smart phones, there are a number of hurdles—both actual and perceived—that need to be overcome.
At the most recent conference of the Society of Telecommunications Consultants (stcconsultants.org), I was asked about the duties that the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub.L. 111-203, H.R. 4173) has placed on record retention and maintenance for those entities (financial institutions and organizations) that work in the swap space. Given that the rules in the Act became effective on June 4, 2012, compliance is now law.
Today, when I got back to the office and noticed a fourth unsolicited junk fax in a week, I was annoyed. The fax number is on the Do-Not-Call list, and every time I receive a junk fax, I file a complaint. Like KoKo, the Lord High Executioner in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Mikado, “I’ve Got a Little List” and it’s getting longer by the day. My feeling is that if I don’t want to receive these unwarranted solicitations, I have to do my part. And I do. I’ve filed four complaints this week.
With spring come new leaves, flowers, and apparently bad guys. On two different listservs of which I’m a member, numerous notes have been racing around about a new and nefarious scam that’s making its way to various end users of telecommunications services.
It is no secret that many people have chosen to completely replace their landlines with wireless devices—and have done so for a number of very good reasons: Not only are wireless devices mobile, but you don’t have to worry about making any changes when you relocate to a new residence. And of course smart phones, in particular, are much more than just telephones: They’re capable of all sorts of sophisticated functions that the wired set at home just can’t perform. Although I have no plans to take similar action, I understand why people make this decision.
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