London, UK - Access was disappointed to learn that BT has no intention of no plans to join telcos around the world by releasing a transparency report on government requests for user data.
Yesterday morning, Access attended BT’s Annual General Meeting 2014 (BT AGM) to address the company’s continual refusal to produce a transparency report highlighting the extent of government surveillance on its networks. In addition to issuing a question at the BT AGM, Access also presented a petition demanding the protection of users’ privacy.
However, the company failed to announce any steps it would take to prevent governments from directly accessing its networks. Discouragingly, the Chairman of the Board also indicated support for a proposed law — the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIP) — that would expand data retention by companies operating in the U.K., and which would force telcos and internet companies to play an even greater role in unlawful government surveillance.
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Fed.