[privacy] AT&T Re-Writes the Rules: Your Data Isn't Yours

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

David Lazarus writes in The San Francisco Chronicle:

[snip]

AT&T has issued an updated privacy policy that takes effect Friday. The
changes are significant because they appear to give the telecom giant
more latitude when it comes to sharing customers' personal data with
government officials.

The new policy says that AT&T -- not customers -- owns customers'
confidential info and can use it "to protect its legitimate business
interests, safeguard others, or respond to legal process."

The policy also indicates that AT&T will track the viewing habits of
customers of its new video service -- something that cable and
satellite providers are prohibited from doing.

Moreover, AT&T (formerly known as SBC) is requiring customers to agree
to its updated privacy policy as a condition for service -- a new move
that legal experts say will reduce customers' recourse for any future
data sharing with government authorities or others.

[snip]

More here:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/06/21/BUG9VJHB9C1.DTL

- ferg


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 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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