2003-12-03 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- Sen. Barbara Boxer has tapped into a new privacy issue that most consumers aren't even aware of yet by proposing limits on a planned national 411 information ...

411. Online directories. The plain old phone book. There are lots of ways to find out someone's number if that person's phone happens to be tied to a traditional land line. But if you need to reach ...

I’m going to sign up our family cell phone for the new wireless phone directory, and I’ll wager we won’t receive a single unwanted call. Why not? Because the directory is now slated to have all the ...

Consumers' passion for privacy in California and other Western states could signal an uphill battle for the proponents of a national cell phone directory. Already, slightly more than a third of ...

CHICAGO -- For consumers, the idea of a national directory for cell-phone numbers has about as much appeal as getting telemarketing calls during dinner. That's why a recent proposal by a wireless ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Consumer backlash against the creation of a 411 directory of cell-phone numbers this year may have weakened it to the point that it will be useless by the time it comes out, some ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. Sheila Vreeburg has entrusted her cell phone number to very few people her family, close friends and her veterinarian. If she could keep it that way, she would. After all, Vreeburg, ...