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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Chapter 5. TELEPHONE SERVICE · Article 4. TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPETITION DEVELOPMENT

46-5-173. Unpublished telephone identification.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. (a)

    Any person that obtains an unpublished telephone identification using a telephone caller identification service may not do any of the following without the written consent of the customer of the unpublished telephone line identification:#

    1. (1)

      Intentionally disclose the unpublished telephone line identification to another person for purposes of resale or commercial gain;#

    2. (2)

      Intentionally use the unpublished telephone line identification to solicit business; or#

    3. (3)

      Intentionally disclose the unpublished telephone line identification through a computer data base, on-line bulletin board, or other similar mechanism.#

  2. (b)

    Each intentional disclosure or use of an unpublished telephone line identification is a separate violation. A person other than a corporation who violates subsection (a) of this Code section may be required by the commission to pay a civil penalty of not more than $5,000.00. A corporation that violates subsection (a) of this Code section may be required by the commission to pay a civil penalty of not more than $50,000.00.#

  3. (c)

    The commission shall promulgate rules to further establish privacy guidelines applicable to telecommunications services.#

  4. (d)

    No provider of telephone caller identification service shall be held liable for violations of this article committed by other persons or corporations.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 46-5-173, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 886, § 2.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t46-(v34)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V34, 2025 edition, pages 642 to 643; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 53ab60ae5027.