Posted by: Bob Quinn on January 27, 2012 at 3:48 pm
The business, education and advocacy communities have joined forces to observe Data Privacy Day tomorrow. In the past several days, programs have been held around to world to raise awareness about privacy issues. We at AT&T were delighted to take part by sponsoring and participating in a National Cyber Security Alliance forum, which was held yesterday in Washington.
As AT&T’s Chief Privacy Officer, every day is privacy day for me and my team It’s a topic we’re thinking about, talking about and acting upon on an ongoing basis. We work hard to anticipate and prepare for developments in the constantly changing world of privacy. Recently, for example, we have been focusing on instilling best privacy practices in our work with apps developers and online behavioral advertising.
At AT&T, we’ve long recognized that our privacy commitments are fundamental to the way we do business every day.
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Posted by: Bob Quinn on August 5, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Once upon a time, with the increasing popularity of talking on the go, AT&T made it easier for our wireless subscribers to get access to their cell phone voicemail boxes without having to use their password when they were calling the mailbox from their mobile device. For folks who do a lot of talking while traveling, that option proved safe and certainly more convenient (no entering four or more numbers into the telephone) for our users.
However, given the advent and, unfortunately, the wide availability of sophisticated telephone number spoofing technology that allows people to “fake” the telephone number they are calling from, we are moving in a new direction. We have long encouraged our subscribers who might have concerns about voicemail privacy to establish passwords and to set their voicemail preferences to require the use of a password whenever voicemail is accessed.
Beginning today, however, we will automatically set the default voicemail setting to Password Protect on any new subscriber or new line added to an existing account. In addition, beginning in early 2012, we will set the default voicemail setting to Password Protect anytime you upgrade or change your handset. That means whenever you get a new device, you will be required to set a password and use it unless you affirmatively turn the feature off.
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Posted by: AT&T Blog Team on April 12, 2011 at 4:05 pm
The following statement may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President – Federal Relations:
“We congratulate Senators Kerry and McCain for their bi-partisan leadership in establishing a thoughtful and comprehensive legislative framework to address individual privacy in the Information Age. In particular, we are gratified that the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 both recognizes and specifically addresses the potential for overlapping regulation of communications providers by multiple federal agencies and establishes a solution that eliminates wasteful and inefficient regulatory duplication. We look forward to continuing to work with the bill’s sponsors and stakeholders to establish a commercial ecosystem characterized by consumer trust, a level playing field for all players and a growth engine for jobs.”
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