How AT&T collects and uses your data, including location, is set out in the separate Privacy Notice
For how AT&T collects, uses and protects personal information, including location information, the Agreement points to the AT&T Privacy Notice at att.com/privacy; FirstNet individual users are pointed to the FirstNet Privacy Notice. Those notices are separate documents and were not supplied with this agreement, so their content is not analyzed here.
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For more information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal information, including your location information, please see the AT&T Privacy Notice located at
FirstNet individual users should review the FirstNet Privacy Notice at
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The AT&T Privacy Notice and FirstNet Privacy Notice were not supplied; their collection, use and sharing terms are unknown here.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots may be free on qualified plans, with auto-login and some data collection
With a qualified rate plan and a Wi-Fi capable device, AT&T Wi-Fi Service in the U.S. may be available at no extra charge, and your device may automatically authenticate at AT&T Wi-Fi locations. Use is governed by the separate Wi-Fi Terms of Service, and when you auto-authenticate your use may also be subject to the location owner's URL filtering choices. You can disable auto-authentication, for example by turning off Wi-Fi. Certain information about you or your Device may be collected when you use AT&T Wi-Fi. This is for Wireless customers; home Wi-Fi for Internet customers follows subsection 6.2.4 instead.
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If you have a qualified rate plan and a Wi-Fi capable device, AT&T Wi-Fi Service in the U.S. may be available to you at no additional charge and your device may auto-authenticate at AT&T Wi-Fi Service locations.
If you auto-authenticate at our Wi-Fi Service locations, your use may be subject to the Wi-Fi Terms and the URL filtering choices of the location owner or operator. Auto-authentication can be disabled on your device, e.g., by turning off Wi-Fi.
Certain information about you or your Device may be collected when you use AT&T’s Wi-Fi Service.
Qualifications & exceptions
Availability depends on a qualified rate plan and a Wi-Fi capable device ("may be available").
Auto-authentication can be turned off.
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The Wi-Fi Terms of Service were not supplied; what information is collected is not specified here.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
AT&T collects your device location from its network and your device to provide and improve service
AT&T collects information about your Device's location from its network and from your Device. It monitors, collects and uses that location information, together with other network and Device information, to provide Wireless Service, and also to maintain and improve its network and your wireless experience. More detail on collection and use, including location, is in the separate AT&T Privacy Notice (or FirstNet Privacy Notice for FirstNet individual users), which was not supplied.
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AT&T collects information about the location of your Device from our network and from your Device. We monitor, collect, and use this location information, together with other information we get from our network and your Device, to provide Wireless Service to you. We also use it to maintain and improve our network and the quality of your wireless experience.
For more information about the how we may collect and use information, including location, please refer to the AT&T Privacy Notice at
Qualifications & exceptions
Stated purposes here are providing service and maintaining and improving the network and wireless experience.
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Other uses or sharing of location information described in the Privacy Notice are not covered by this agreement text.
Data Access & Collection · Restriction or exception
AT&T manages its Phone equipment and keeps exclusive rights to the data it generates
While you are a customer AT&T may manage the AT&T Equipment and keeps exclusive rights to the data the Equipment generates. Neither you nor anyone else may change, interfere with or block access to the Equipment's data or settings. You must use the Equipment only for its intended residential use, not on another AT&T or non-AT&T network, and use reasonable care. AT&T repairs or replaces damaged Equipment as it deems necessary and does not support or maintain customer-owned equipment.
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AT&T reserves the right to manage the AT&T Equipment during the time you are an AT&T customer and retains exclusive rights to data the Equipment generates. Neither you nor a third party may change, interfere with, or block access to the Equipment data or settings.
You agree that you will use the Equipment only for its intended residential use, and not for any other purpose (such as on another AT&T network, or on another provider’s (non-AT&T) network).
AT&T will not provide support for, or be responsible for, ongoing maintenance or management of, customer-owned equipment.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to AT&T Phone Service equipment.
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The kinds of data the Equipment generates, and how AT&T uses it, are not described here.
Data Access & Collection · Permission or license
AT&T may manage and modify your AT&T Phone - Advanced device and keeps exclusive rights to its data
While you are a customer, AT&T may manage, maintain and modify the Equipment, even though you own it, and keeps exclusive rights to use the data the Equipment generates. You must use the Equipment only for its intended use and with reasonable care.
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AT&T reserves the right to manage, maintain, and modify the Equipment during the time you are an AT&T Phone – Advanced customer and retains exclusive rights to use data which the Equipment generates.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to AT&T Phone - Advanced customers.
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What data the Equipment generates and how AT&T uses it are not described here.
Data Access & Collection · Restriction or exception
AT&T manages even your own modem or gateway and keeps exclusive rights to the data it generates
Apart from AT&T Equipment, you must provide all equipment, devices and software needed for the service, and AT&T does not support or maintain equipment it did not provide, including batteries. Whether you or AT&T owns the modem or gateway used for service, AT&T may manage it for as long as you have service and keeps exclusive rights to the data it generates; neither you nor anyone else may change, interfere with or block access to the equipment, its data or settings while you receive service.
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Other than the equipment and/or software provided to you by AT&T for use with the Service (collectively, the “AT&T Equipment”), you must provide all equipment, devices, and software necessary to receive the Service.
Regardless of whether the equipment used to access your Service (modem, gateway, etc.) is owned by you or AT&T, AT&T reserves the right to manage such equipment for the duration of your Service and retains exclusive rights to data generated by the equipment. Neither you nor a third party may change, interfere with, or block access to equipment, the data, or settings while you continue to receive the Service.
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What data the equipment generates and how AT&T uses it are not described here.
Data Access & Collection · Permission or license
For wireless home internet, AT&T may change allowed uses without notice and monitor and collect usage data
As in subsection 2.5, AT&T may take any reasonable action, up to termination, to restrict Prohibited Network Uses or Acceptable Use Policy violations. For Wireless Home Internet you agree AT&T may modify permitted and prohibited activities without advance notice; may use any reasonable network management, including actions under 2.7 and 6.9; will give advance notice of your data plan's usage threshold or changes to it; and may use reasonable methods to monitor and collect customer usage information to optimize the network, with details on collection and use in the separate Privacy Notice.
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As explained in subsection 2.5, AT&T may take any and all reasonable actions necessary to restrict any Prohibited Network Uses or any other violation of AT&T’s Acceptable Use Policy, up to and including termination of service.
With respect to your Wireless Home Internet Services, you agree that AT&T has the right to do the following:
AT&T may modify, without advance notice, the permitted and prohibited activities by this Agreement;
AT&T may engage in any reasonable network management practice to enhance customer service, to reduce network congestion, to adapt to advances and changes in technology, and/or to respond to the availability of wireless bandwidth and spectrum, including by taking any actions authorized by subsections 2.7 and 6.9;
AT&T will provide you with advance notice of the usage threshold applicable to your data plan, or any changes to the applicable usage threshold either by a bill insert, email, text message or other appropriate means; and
AT&T may use reasonable methods to monitor and collect customer usage information to better optimize the operation of the network.
Qualifications & exceptions
Advance notice is promised for usage thresholds and changes to them.
Not stated here
The Privacy Notice describing usage data collection and use was not supplied.