AT&T Takes Customers' Data Protection, Privacy 'Seriously,' It Says in Response to RDR Report

AT&T takes its "responsibility to protect our customers’ information and privacy very seriously," emailed a spokesman in response to the Ranking Digital Rights' 2017 Corporate Accountability Index, which ranked the company low. RDR's report Thursday (see 1703210015) assessed 22 internet, mobile and telecom companies and found most poorly disclosed policies and practices for online free expression and privacy. AT&T, the only U.S. telco ranked, scored 48, topping other telecom companies but below Google and Microsoft. Yahoo said it was generally pleased with its score, and the other U.S. companies assessed in the report -- Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter -- didn't comment.