Tag: Verizon Communications

• Wednesday, December 18th 2013 - 06:43 UTC

  First ruling against US government 'metadata' collection; Obama meets top technology companies leaders

  

  A US judge has ruled the National Security Agency's mass collection of telephone data may be unconstitutional. Federal District Judge Richard Leon said the electronic spy agency's practice was an “arbitrary invasion”.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2013 - 01:00 UTC

  Third largest deal in corporate history: 130bn dollars for 45% stake in Verizon Wireless

  

  Vodafone has sold its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to US telecoms group Verizon Communications in one of the biggest deals in corporate history. The 130bn dollars deal was announced by Vodafone after the close of trading on the London Stock Exchange.

• Friday, June 7th 2013 - 07:43 UTC

  US spy chief admits collecting internet information but only targets ‘non-US persons’

  

  US spy chief James Clapper has admitted the government collects communications from internet firms, but says the policy only targets “non-US persons”. The director of national intelligence was responding to articles about an alleged secret programme, Prism.

• Friday, June 7th 2013 - 03:25 UTC

  Major tech companies involved in US controversy over ‘security vs privacy’

  

  Major tech companies including Apple Inc, Google and Facebook Inc said they do not provide any government agency with “direct access” to their servers, contradicting a Washington Post report that they have granted such access under a classified data collection program.