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Supreme Court Rules On Corporate Privacy

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dirty-laundry-must-air-dry dept.

heptapod writes "The Supreme Court unanimously decided (PDF) Monday that AT&T can't keep embarrassing corporate information that it submits to the government out of public view; 'personal privacy' rights do not apply to corporations. 'We trust that AT&T will not take it personally,' concluded the ruling."

2 of 408 comments (clear)

  1. good start, long way to go by v1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    we still have quite a few other personal rights that have been given to corporations that shouldn't have

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    I work for the Department of Redundancy Department.
  2. Re:No need to break what isn't broken by mrvan · · Score: 4, Informative

    Corporate personhood is not invented to protect 'natural', 'constitutional' or 'legal' rights of persons.

    For one thing, the concept originates from before the US constitution. It at least dates back to the Dutch East Indies company (1608 IIRC). Separating investment from liability (other than the invested sum) is a means to allow a multitude of people to invest in a company without the risk of being taken down in a bankruptcy (for more than their invested sum). It is a pure tradeoff between the the security of the investors and the rights of creditors and has nothing to do with enforcement of pre-existing rights.