Pretexting is an investigative technique used primarily by data brokers and independent contractors to obtain various types of personal information, phone records being a prime target. The article discusses issues surrounding the investigative technique, citing real-life ramifications from the Hewlett-Packard board-room scandal and highlighting the evolving state of the law in Canada and the United States as it pertains to protecting personal information from being the target of corporate pretexters.

Article appeared in The Lawyers Weekly