Wednesday, June 21, 2006
AT&T Free to Share Records
If you value your privacy, you may not want to become an AT&T customer. The company has rewritten its privacy agreement to say that consumers don't own the personal records (such as which websites you visit or what videos you watch); Big Bell does.Well this Bell will never toll for me.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle's David Lazarus:
The new version, which is specifically for Internet and video customers, is much more explicit about the company's right to cooperate with government agencies in any security-related matters -- and AT&T's belief that customers' data belongs to the company, not customers.
Companies like AT&T that roll over and play dead for anyone with a subpoena are going to have a difficult time marketing themselves and gaining consumer trust. Thankfully there is an opt-out policy: just sign up with a competitor.
Posted By Jason Dowdell at 05:57 PM
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