Robert's Court to Ratchet Rights for Robots

Despite this long tradition, AT&T was able to convince a federal appeals court in 2009 that corporations should also enjoy personal privacy protections. In that case, AT&T was trying to block certain disclosures linked to a FOIA request by a trade association that represents the company's competitors. The telecommunications giant and its allies argue that not all information gleaned in the course of a federal investigation - e-mail correspondence between employees, for example - should automatically be subject to disclosure. AT&T argues that the government should be forced to balance the "personal privacy" interests of the corporation against the public interest before releasing the information.

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