TITLE 46 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Section 5. Telephone Service, 46-5-1 through 46-5-252.

ARTICLE 4 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMPETITION DEVELOPMENT

46-5-173. Unpublished telephone identification.

1. Any person that obtains an unpublished telephone identification using a telephone caller identification service may not do any of the following without the written consent of the customer of the unpublished telephone line identification: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. Intentionally disclose the unpublished telephone line identification to another person for purposes of resale or commercial gain;
   2. Intentionally use the unpublished telephone line identification to solicit business; or
   3. Intentionally disclose the unpublished telephone line identification through a computer data base, on-line bulletin board, or other similar mechanism.
2. Each intentional disclosure or use of an unpublished telephone line identification is a separate violation.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. The commission shall promulgate rules to further establish privacy guidelines applicable to telecommunications services.
4. No provider of telephone caller identification service shall be held liable for violations of this article committed by other persons or corporations.

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