Amidst the Uproar about SOPA and NDAA, an appeals court ruled in favor of Telecom Immunity, furthering the surveillance state even more. To quote ibtimes: Telecommunications companies such as AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Verizon scored a major victory in court when a federal appellate panel maintained their immunity for assisting the government in conducting surveillance on American citizens. A federal appeals court based in San Francisco upheld a 2008 provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that shielded telecom companies from lawsuits over warrantless eavesdropping on Americans. It is disappointing that today’s decision endorsed the rights of telecommunications companies over those over their customers,” said Kurt Opsahl, Senior Staff Attorney of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in an online statement. Because of this case, if your cell phone, telephone, or Internet provider turns over information about you, your activities, and use of their services over to the Federal government, even illegally, you’d have no grounds to sue. Communications companies face no sanctions for disclosing personal information to the federal government, including account information and even usage data like sites visited, account names, and location data. Source
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Amidst the Uproar about SOPA and NDAA, an appeals court ruled in favor of Telecom Immunity, furthering the surveillance state even more.

To quote ibtimes:

Telecommunications companies such as AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Verizon scored a major victory in court when a federal appellate panel maintained their immunity for assisting the government in conducting surveillance on American citizens.

A federal appeals court based in San Francisco upheld a 2008 provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that shielded telecom companies from lawsuits over warrantless eavesdropping on Americans.

It is disappointing that today’s decision endorsed the rights of telecommunications companies over those over their customers,” said Kurt Opsahl, Senior Staff Attorney of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in an online statement.

Because of this case, if your cell phone, telephone, or Internet provider turns over information about you, your activities, and use of their services over to the Federal government, even illegally, you’d have no grounds to sue. Communications companies face no sanctions for disclosing personal information to the federal government, including account information and even usage data like sites visited, account names, and location data.

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