Openness and honesty
We communicate clearly any actions we take that could affect our customers’ privacy.
Over 3 billion people communicate and share information over our networks, enabling them to connect, innovate and prosper. However, the laws surrounding the communications environment are complex and sometimes require us to respond to lawful demands to share customer data or restrict our services.
We respect and seek to protect our customers’ lawful rights to hold and express opinions and share information and ideas without interference. However, all governments also have the right, through legislation, to limit their citizens’ ability to access and use digital networks and services under certain circumstances and these can vary significantly from country to country.
Protecting our customers’ data and respecting their privacy is one of our highest priorities
Managing privacy risks effectively and putting customers in control of their data is core to our approach. Our privacy policies and framework govern how we collect, use and manage our customers’ information in order to ensure we respect the confidentiality of their personal communications and any choices that they have made regarding the use of their data.
Our commitment to our customers’ privacy goes beyond legal compliance and is focused on building a culture that respects privacy in order to justify the trust that people place in us. It includes: