Customers’ fury at AT&T for refusing to reveal what they told the NSA

Saturday, December 7, 2013
By Paul Martin

Telecom giant under fire following revelations it sells customer communications records to the National Security Agency and other U.S. intelligence offices
In staging a revolt, shareholders demanded they be forthcoming with their dealings
AT&T have now said they are not obligated to disclose such information and will comply with government requests ‘only to the extent required by law’
Pro-rights groups say the response is ‘outrageous’ and that ‘customers have a right to known when their private information is ending up in the governments’ hands’

DailyMailUK
6 December 2013

AT&T, under fire for ongoing revelations that it shares and sells customers’ communications records to the National Security Agency and other U.S. intelligence offices, says it isn’t required to disclose to shareholders what it does with customers’ data.

In a letter sent Thursday to the Securities and Exchange Commission, AT&T said it protects customer information and complies with government requests for records ‘only to the extent required by law’.
The telecom giant’s letter was a response to a shareholder revolt sparked on Nov. 20 by the New York State Common Retirement Fund, the ACLU of Northern California and others.

The groups are demanding that AT&T and Verizon be more transparent about their dealings with the NSA.
In the letter, AT&T said information about assisting foreign intelligence surveillance activities is almost certainly classified.

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