Saturday, December 11, 2004

Beware Of Getting Personal With Telecom Companies In a semiannual study of 27 of the largest telecom companies, the Boston-based Customer Respect Group found 85 percent of the largest telecommunications companies share personal data provided by Web site visitors without first asking permission.  The companies that did not share data with internal marketing departments, affiliates, subsidiaries, or business partners included AT&T, Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Corp., and Verizon Wireless. 5:32:00 AM    comment []