Sonic Continues Prioritizing Protection of Customer Rights and Privacy

Company Signs On to NSA Coalition Letter

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Mar 25, 2015, 06:45 ET

SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Bay Area-based independent ISP, Sonic, has been viewed as a leader in consumer privacy and customer rights since the company's start in 1994. Today, Sonic joins 43 other advocates, companies and organizations in urging the White House and Congress to move forward with reform around the National Security Agency's methods for bulk collection of data. The NSA Coalition Letter calls for termination of these practices under the USA PATRIOT Act, a revised bill containing transparency and accountability mechanisms for company reporting as well as declassification for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions.

Sonic CEO and Co-Founder, Dane Jasper says, "Protection of customer privacy is one of our core values at Sonic. We seek to provide as much transparency as possible regarding legal processes and customer privacy. Internet and telephone service providers have a great responsibility both to protect their law-abiding customers and the public. We continually work to achieve both of these goals."

Sonic is the only ISP in the United States to earn the highest possible rating of six stars in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF) "Who Has Your Back?" report for protecting consumer data from government requests. Sonic continues to uphold the belief that bulk data collection is an infringement on the constitutional protection of human rights.

About Sonic
Based in Santa Rosa, Sonic is the largest independent ISP in Northern California, with a mission to offer every home and business in America access to fast, affordable Internet and home phone service. Sonic was one of the first ISPs to build Gigabit Fiber Internet networks in the U.S. and continues to lead the way in making new access and hosting solutions available to the public. For more information about Sonic please email [email protected].

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