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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow to stop AT&T from selling your private data to advertisers
http://bgr.com/2013/07/05/att-advertising-opt-out-how-to/Reports from earlier this week suggested that AT&T is ready to follow in its rivals footsteps and begin selling the private usage data it collects from its subscribers phones to advertisers. The data in question is anonymized, according to AT&T, but it includes very sensitive information such as customers locations, Web browsing history, mobile app usage and more. Privacy is something of a hot button issue right now, so it is likely that a number of AT&T subscribers would prefer to not have their private data sold to advertisers. Luckily, there is a fast and easy way to opt out of AT&Ts External Marketing and Analytics Reporting program, and complete instructions follow below.
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How to stop AT&T from selling your private data to advertisers (Original Post)
eridani
Jul 2013
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CurtEastPoint
(18,647 posts)1. Thanks for this. I did the opt-out in 10 seconds!
bemildred
(90,061 posts)2. Just stop doing business with them. Their monopoly is long gone. nt
avebury
(10,952 posts)3. If and when I use a cell phone, I just
get an expensive one and buy minutes from Virgin Mobile. I have no contract, nothing for them to really track, nothing for them to sell.
dembotoz
(16,806 posts)4. wonder if opting out of this list puts you on another list for the nsa