Category Archives for Privacy

Consumer Watchdog Vows to Fight for Privacy of Internet Users

Consumer Watchdog has maintained that it will continue pressing state regulators, Congress and the courts to ensure privacy of Internet users is upheld by service providers. Their resolve came a few days after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) overruled its petition seeking online privacy protections at online platforms like Google and Facebook. Consumer Watchdog is […]

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Cable One Warns of Phishing Scam

In a bold move by an Internet service provider, Cable One has owned up to the possibility of its customers falling prey to a phishing scam and sent out prior warnings. The company took the prerogative of contacting all its customers in person through email to notify them of the scam before they become victims. […]

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UN Responds to AT&T and NSA Spying Reports

A report detailing the close collaboration between AT&T and NSA in spying on the United Nation’s headquarters has prompted a response from the world body. Reports that AT&T helped the NSA spy on the UN by allowing wiretapping and access to emails have emerged recently. In response to the reports, the UN has asked member […]

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Extent of AT&T and NSA Spying Partnership Exposed

It seems that AT &T has been a co-conspirator with the NSA for a very long time. It has recently been discovered that the ISP has been collaborating “for decades” with the NSA to retrieve secret information from billions of subscriber emails. The breaking news highlighting the ISPs involvement in NSA’s spy missions was released […]

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FCC Helping Customers Deal with Robocalls

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is clearing every obstacle on the way for customers to demand Robocalls blocking services from their phone companies. This is a new development that stems out of many complains channeled to the commission. Records show that FCC received up to 200,000 complaints about Robocalls in 2014 and topped the list […]

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