T-Mobile let millions of their customers get hacked. Now they're lobbying to get away with it?
T-Mobile put their customers at risk by trusting Experian to do credit checks for them despite that company’s history of over 100 data breaches. As a result, the names, addresses, birth dates, and Social Security numbers of 15 million T-Mobile customers are now available on the black market for identity thieves to purchase and abuse. But instead of looking at ways to fix their security issues, T-Mobile is waffling on a bill in Congress known as CISA that would ensure they are not liable for having poor security and getting hacked. Just this week they dropped out of a major trade association seemingly because they criticized the bill. That's no way to stand by your customers and their private data.
Sign our petition to T-Mobile asking them to stand up for their customers’ privacy and oppose CISA.
CISA is an assault on Internet privacy and it will actually make cybersecurity worse, not better. If you care about protecting your customers and preventing future hacks you should make it clear that you oppose CISA and any other attempt to give corporations immunity for negligent security in exchange for handing over data to the government.
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We're up against some of the most powerful corporate lobbyists in the country, but that hasn't stopped us before. If a critical mass of citizens speak out against CISA, our voices will be impossible to ignore.
It's time for T-Mobile to show that they care about protecting their customers.
Supporting CISA is probably the most anti-consumer response T-Mobile could have to their recent hack. It would not only give them immunity for lax security, but it would also make future hacks more likely and put more private communications information into the hands of the NSA and local law enforcement. T-Mobile says they take their customer’s privacy “VERY seriously.” But these hacks start with companies leaving the front door open. Instead of lobbying to make sure they don't have to take responsibility for poor data practices, they should focus on fixing their security. If they don’t come out against CISA and continue to make moves towards embracing it, no one should trust them.
All privacy policies effectively null and void. Companies can share any
private user data with the government, without a warrant, as long as
the government says it is being used for a “cybersecurity” purpose.
In exchange, companies are given blanket immunity from civil and criminal
laws, like fraud, money laundering, or illegal wiretapping (if a
violation was committed or exposed in the process of sharing data).
Data is shared with a wide array of government agencies, from the FBI
and NSA, to the IRS and local law enforcement. Many of these agencies
have been breached within the last year and have outdated security systems,
opening up the doors to even more cyber attacks.
Companies that play along can get otherwise classified intelligence data
from the government, including private information about their competitors.
Internet users demand meaningful cybersecurity legislation, not more mass
surveillance. Millions have already spoken out, and there's still time to
send Congress a clear message. Please call your representatives, and share this page
to spread the word!
