ATT: Your Phone Calls and Internet Records Are Not Yours

ATT asserts that everything you do on their extensive telcom network belongs to them. They claim that phone calls and internet behavior can be shared within their company or with the government at their discretion because it belongs to them.
This assertion has staggering implications. This has been one of the fears of the lack of legislated Net Neutrality. The Broadband providers could claim ownership of your choices, and your behavior. You would no longer have privacy or freedom of choice on the Internet. If people don't wake up to the call, we will no longer have a free society!
WaPo

Consumer advocates said yesterday that a new privacy policy from AT&T Inc. marks the first time a major telecom company has asserted that customer calling and Internet records are corporate property and raises concerns about how the company tracks consumer behavior and shares data with government and law enforcement agencies.


The new privacy policy is scheduled for release today on the company's Web site. AT&T said it does not share the data with third-party marketing firms, but it cites circumstances under which it shares customer information with the government and law enforcement. For its broadband Internet customers, the company also makes clear that it will collect information about which Web pages its customers view, how much time is spent on each page and what links are clicked on.


"While your account information may be personal to you, these records constitute business records that are owned by AT&T," the new policy states. "As such, AT&T may disclose such records to protect its legitimate business interests, safeguard others, or respond to legal process."