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After breach, senators ask why AT&T stores call records on “AI Data Cloud” | AT&T ditched internal system, stores user call logs on "trusted" cloud service.


AT&T ditched internal system, stores user call logs on "trusted" cloud service.

US senators want AT&T to explain why it stores massive amounts of call and text message records on a third-party analytics platform that bills itself as an "AI Data Cloud." Snowflake boasted that because of its cloud platform, "this leading telecom provider uses data to advance innovation, create new revenue streams, optimize operations and, most importantly, better connect people to their world." "We set our data retention periods depending on the type of personal information, how long it is needed to operate the business or provide our products and services, and whether it is subject to contractual or legal obligations.

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