AT&T Rewrites its Privacy Policy

AT&T Rewrites its Privacy Policy.

AT&T has a new privacy policy, and if you are its customer you have no choice but to accept it.

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.  [Schneier on Security]

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