Investors Want AT&T to Clarify Policies on Surveillance Requests; Cite Documents Characterizing NSA Relationship as a “Partnership”
Investors Withdraw Verizon Shareholder Proposal on Government Surveillance Programs
A coalition of investors, which had requested that Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) publish regular reports on government and law enforcement requests for confidential customer data, today commended the company for publishing its first report and made recommendations for improving future reports.
Investment Firms Say Corporate Role in Government Surveillance Programs Raises ‘Serious Concern’
Citing the potential of “unprecedented and dangerous threats to the privacy of hundreds of millions of people” from government surveillance programs, a group of leading sustainable investment firms has called upon publicly-held U.S. companies to demonstrate leadership by adopting “a pro-active, principled approach to protecting the privacy and rights of their users.”