Friend,

What would you do if your Social Security number, birthdate and driver’s-license number were stolen? That’s the horrifying question that more than 50 million people (perhaps even you) woke up to last month when T-Mobile announced it had experienced yet another major data breach — its fifth in three years.

The impact of having your Social Security number stolen is devastating and can have life-long negative impacts. The FCC is already investigating the breach but the FTC also has a role to play in holding T-Mobile accountable for its neglect.

Join us in calling on the FTC to hold T-Mobile accountable for its latest data breach.

So why did T-Mobile store all of this highly sensitive data to begin with? That’s an excellent question. This data was collected from potential customers to run credit checks — a practice that is rife with systemic bias and exacerbates the racial digital divide.

There’s absolutely no excuse for the company keeping this information on file — especially for people who are not or never were T-Mobile customers.

T-Mobile is offering free credit monitoring and the company’s CEO, Mike Sievert, has apologized for his company’s failures and tried to assure people his company does in fact care about protecting customers’ personal data — but it’s not enough.

Actions speak louder than words, and T-Mobile clearly doesn’t care about protecting our privacy. Urge the FTC to penalize T-Mobile.

Thanks for all that you do—

Heather and the rest of the Free Press team
freepress.net

P.S. T-Mobile has had one data breach after the other and clearly doesn’t care about protecting people’s personal data. Urge the FTC to hold T-Mobile accountable.