Deutsche Telekom Secretly Tracked Phone Calls

Dekortage writes "German telephone giant Deutsche Telekom has admitted to secretly tracking the phone calls between board members and journalists, in an effort to identify media leaks about internal affairs. As noted by the German Journalists' Association, 'This company has special access to the records of its customers.... That means it has a special obligation to be trustworthy.' DT denies having eavesdropped; it merely tracked the calls dialed."

Comments

Not clear if customer records are affected

[Florian Weimer]

Deutsche Telekom might just have screened call data records on company phones (provided to employees and board members for company purposes). In this case, it's very difficult to say if this practice was illegal -- or even morally wrong.