Can you legally tap your home phone's received and made calls without anyone else's knowledge in Wis.?
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Wis. Stat. § 968.31(2)(c): A person who is a party to a wire, electronic or oral communication, or who has obtained prior consent from one party, can legally record and divulge the contents of the communication, unless he does so for the purpose of committing a criminal or tortious act.\n\nUnder the statute, consent is not required for the taping of a non-electronic communication uttered by a person who does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in that communication. See definition of "oral communication," Wis. Stat. § 968.27(12).\n\nEffective Feb. 1, 2003, the punishment for recording or disclosing the contents of a conversation without the appropriate consent is imprisonment for up to six years and/or a criminal fine of up to $10,000. Wisconsin law expressly authorizes civil damages for violations and allows recovery of the greater of actual damages, $100 for each day of violation or $1,000, along with punitive damages, litigation costs and attorney fees.\n\nSo, regardless of who owns the phone, you may not intercept the call unless (1) you are a part of the conversation, (2) one of the people in the conversation has been told that the call will be intercepted and gives their consent, or (3) the parties have no reasonable expectation of privacy from interception (this is controlled by case law and to complicated to answer here, expect that in most cases a person on the phone does have a reasonable expectation of privacy)
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Yes, if you enter into a working relationship with a company (i.e. place an order through them) it is accepted that you have impliedly consented to the fact that they can call you if they so desire.  This is true even if you have an unlisted phone number.  Such things do not matter in the world of contracts.  So, always give out a fake phone number at any possible chance.
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NO AUTHORITY- Can I get your number
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Wikipedia\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiretap\n\n"Under United States federal law and most state laws there is nothing illegal about one of the parties to a telephone call recording the conversation, or giving permission for calls to be recorded or permitting their telephone line to be tapped. However, several states (i.e., California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington) require that all parties consent when one party wants to record a telephone conversation."
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The only people, as far as I am aware, that can have your number if you withold it is, as you say, when you ring 999.  The Police can also apply to find out who you are and where you live from your telephone number, even if you've not dialled 999, in life or death emergencies, and for instances of serious crime.  Be aware, if you're texting from a phone in the UK, even if you withold your number on telephone calls, it won't withold your number on the texts.  Otherwise, the chat line shouldn't have your number.  It's worth contacting their customer service department and asking them how they got it.
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I do not know what the law is in your state, but you need to read the law for your state or the papers that your probation gave you in order to know the terms of your house arrest. \n\nIn Georgia, a person on house arrest can not change the phone service in anyway. The probationer is not even allowed to have call-waiting on the phone. The po will not be pleased if you do add another phone line. \n\nI do not think that a cordless phone can be used for the service at all. It has to be a regular land line phone.\n\nFor the best knowledge of the subject check with your po!
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Yes this is called theft of services. Unless a wireless network is specifically designated as free public access internet service then you can theoretically be prosecuted.
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Yes.\n\nIf you are using the company phone, which they pay for.\n\nThey have the right to know who you are calling.\n\n\nWhat does it matter if your calling is work related.\n\nYou shouldn't be making personal calls at work, except for emergencies anyway.
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In public, without using electronics? No.\n\nIf you are wiretapping or using other electronic devices, probably.  If you provide more details, you might get more specific help.\n\n(The laws in question will probably be Tennessee, but federal law may or may not be implicated.)
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just call them and tell them you wish to remain anonymous
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Good point. I can't even make a private call without someone hearing the beeping and asking who I'm calling.
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Have someone in a different place from you (in case they  have caller I.D.) call the police and ask.
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Wire tap laws vary from state and whether they can be used in court varies from state to state. Mostly though, if its your phone and you know you are taping the conversation it is legal. It may  or may not be used in court depending on the state law. I firmly believe in taping other people. Its the only way you can get some people to tell the truth or hold them accountable for something they said.
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"Federal law allows recording of phone calls and other electronic communications with the consent of at least one party to the call. A majority of the states and territories have adopted wiretapping statutes based on the federal law, although most also have extended the law to cover in-person conversations. Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia permit individuals to record conversations to which they are a party without informing the other parties that they are doing so. These laws are referred to as "one-party consent" statutes, and as long as you are a party to the conversation, it is legal for you to record it. (Nevada also has a one-party consent statute, but the state Supreme Court has interpreted it as an all-party rule.)\n\nTwelve states require, under most circumstances, the consent of all parties to a conversation. Those jurisdictions are California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington. Be aware that you will sometimes hear these referred to inaccurately as "two-party consent" laws. If there are more than two people involved in the conversation, all must consent to the taping."\n\nHope that helps.
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You would not be able to find out an unpublished phone number legally.  Only the phone company and law enforcement would know the number.
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absolutely not! you are saying you are a DSL user. while the DSL and your phone line share the same line they are actually seperate. your phone line shares half with your DSL and half with your actual land line.. you use a filter that makes the seperation of DSL with your land line.. so NO they couldnt get that number.. unless you got hacked and you have that info avalible on your pc.. but thats another story
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Fiirst the phone company, get your number changed if you have to and then report it to the police.  Ask the phone company to trace where the calls are coming from or get a incoming calls listing from the phonne company.\n\nHope this helps.  good luck