CenturyLink Chief Operating Officer Jeff Storey argued for government and service providers to relieve consumers from some of the burden associated with privacy policy agreements, while also expressing “high confidence” in maintaining equal internet access for consumers across the world. Storey was asked Monday how companies can help consumers become more technologically literate, in a Q&A session at a Silicon Flatirons event. Storey answered from a consumer standpoint. When deciding how personal information from devices can be used, he said, government and providers should take on some of that privacy terms and conditions burden. Providers, he said, should have to adhere to uniform privacy standards so the consumers aren't expected to read a company’s “75-page document.”
Karl Herchenroeder
Karl Herchenroeder, Associate Editor, is a technology policy journalist for publications including Communications Daily. Born in Rockville, Maryland, he joined the Warren Communications News staff in 2018. He began his journalism career in 2012 at the Aspen Times in Aspen, Colorado, where he covered city government. After that, he covered the nuclear industry for ExchangeMonitor in Washington. You can follow Herchenroeder on Twitter: @karlherk