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October 16, 2007 - 7:04am.
Verizon admits it turned over personal data on its customers to the federal government hundreds of times since 2005. Even worse, the telecommunications giant says it did so without a court order. Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders - Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers' telephone records to federal authorities in emergency cases without court orders hundreds of times since 2005. [Washington Post Political News]  Technorati Tags:
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Doug, the interesting thing
Submitted by hillbilly on October 17, 2007 - 2:34pm.Doug, the interesting thing is I am a Verizon Wireless subscriber and I recieved a new privacy contract this morning in the mail. Very long and confusing. The big jest is much wording that if I do not respond, I automatically accept it. A lot of wording that the major changes are that I agree that by accepting this, I no longer have the right to go to court against them, but rather all issues will be decided by an arbitrator and that this person will be an unbiased employee of Verizon. They list a toll free number to call if I elect not to agree to this new contract within 30 days. I would like to see someone do a little investigation into this and inform we Verizon customers what they should do. There are several references to following FCC and Federal laws.
I'm a bit confused by this
Submitted by Helen Rainier on October 17, 2007 - 4:19pm.I'm a bit confused by this issue. There may not have been warrants, but it's my understanding that they did receive NSLs (National Security Letters).
Doug, do you know what the true story is on this?