AT&T Rewrites Privacy Policy

VikingThunder writes "The San Francisco Chronicle reports that AT&T has revamped its privacy policy, in an effort to head off future consumer lawsuits, with changes taking effect this Friday. AT&T is introducing a new policy that gives it more 'latitude' when it comes to sharing your browsing history with government agencies. Notable changes include notification that AT&T will track viewing habits of customers of its new video services Homezone and U-Verse, which is forbidden for cable and satellite companies, as well as explicitly stating that the customer's data belongs to the company: 'While your account information may be personal to you, these records constitute business records that are owned by AT&T. As such, AT&T may disclose such records to protect its legitimate business interests, safeguard others, or respond to legal process.'"

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As long as they're affiliated with Yahoo...

[Anonymous Coward]

F*** them. I simply will not ever do business with any company tied to Yahoo since they wiped out my 7 year e-mail account for no reason whatsoever. They simply cannot be trusted. Period.

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[IAmTheDave]

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<offtopic> There sure is a lot of blood... </offtopic>