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Telecom giant Vodafone releases groundbreaking transparency report

6 Jun 2014

Vodafone, the world’s largest international mobile provider, released its “Law Enforcement Disclosure Report” today, which gives statistics on user data requests in 14 countries including Albania, Tanzania, Hungary, and other jurisdictions that have never before released this type of information.

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Telecom giant Vodafone releases groundbreaking transparency report
6 Jun 2014
Telecom giant Vodafone releases groundbreaking transparency report

Access welcomes the first transparency report from Deutsche Telekom

9 May 2014

Deutsche Telekom discloses its 2013 requests from German law enforcement.

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Access welcomes the first transparency report from Deutsche Telekom
9 May 2014
Access welcomes the first transparency report from Deutsche Telekom

Australian Telco Telstra Releases First Transparency Report

16 Apr 2014

Last month Telstra became the first non-U.S. telco to release a regular report on government and law enforcement requests for user data.

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Australian Telco Telstra Releases First Transparency Report
16 Apr 2014
Australian Telco Telstra Releases First Transparency Report

Verizon report bolsters calls to reform metadata protections

25 Jan 2014

This week Verizon became the first multinational telco to release a Transparency Report on law enforcement requests.

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Verizon report bolsters calls to reform metadata protections
25 Jan 2014
Verizon report bolsters calls to reform metadata protections

CREDO steals telcos’ thunder with new transparency report

9 Jan 2014

After years of public calls for telco transparency, today marks a historic moment: the release of the first-ever telco transparency report. We applaud CREDO Mobile for being the first telco in the world to issue such a report, detailing their responses to law enforcement requests for user data.

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CREDO steals telcos’ thunder with new transparency report
9 Jan 2014
CREDO steals telcos’ thunder with new transparency report

AT&T takes first step toward transparency

21 Dec 2013

Following close on Verizon’s heels, AT&T today announced it will begin to publish a semi-annual online transparency report in early 2014. This announcement is an abrupt about-face for the company, which only two weeks ago requested that the SEC allow it to ignore a shareholder proposal calling for exactly such transparency.

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AT&T takes first step toward transparency
21 Dec 2013
AT&T takes first step toward transparency

Access applauds Verizon decision to break ranks in favor of transparency

20 Dec 2013

Access welcomes today’s news that Verizon Communications has broken ranks with telcos globally by announcing that it will issue a transparency report. It will be the first telco to do so. We call on all telcos to release regular, detailed transparency reports: Anything less is a failure of their human rights obligations and their investors’ expectations.

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Access applauds Verizon decision to break ranks in favor of transparency
20 Dec 2013
Access applauds Verizon decision to break ranks in favor of transparency

Obama Administration continues to thwart meaningful transparency on NSA surveillance

30 Aug 2013

Coming on the heels of an announcement yesterday that the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence will start releasing a transparency report of national security-related requests for user data, the US government disappointingly will be filing a motion to block Google and Microsoft from voluntarily disclosing similar statistics in the company’s own transparency reports.

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Obama Administration continues to thwart meaningful transparency on NSA surveillance
30 Aug 2013
Obama Administration continues to thwart meaningful transparency on NSA surveillance

Facebook releases statistics casting light on government requests for user data

28 Aug 2013

Today, Facebook released its first Global Government Requests Report detailing the number of requests for user data the company receives from governments around the world.

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Facebook releases statistics casting light on government requests for user data
28 Aug 2013
Facebook releases statistics casting light on government requests for user data

Internet companies fight US government’s surveillance silence

20 Jun 2013

As secrets about the NSA’s surveillance programs continue to command the world’s attention, some communications companies involved are advocating that the US government allow them to reveal more about their participation in the programs in order to maintain their reputations.

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Internet companies fight US government’s surveillance silence
20 Jun 2013
Internet companies fight US government’s surveillance silence