The withdrawal of telecommunications companies from individual country markets raises questions about the fate of user data and communications infrastructure. As experts note, the network itself typically continues to provide services to subscribers even after a change of ownership. However, the fate of internal procedures that ensured transparency of operator operations and protection of user personal data is far less clear. When telecom assets are sold, new owners are not obligated to maintain the previous security protocols and reporting practices. This means that the standards that users relied on — including mechanisms for notifying users about government data requests, information retention policies, and cybersecurity measures — can be weakened or completely revised. The problem becomes particularly significant in conditions where telecommunications companies are increasingly becoming objects of geopolitical and commercial transactions. An operator's exit from a country may be related to sanctions pressure, changes in the regulatory environment, or a strategic decision by the parent company. In any case, end users rarely have the opportunity to influence who becomes the new owner of their data and what security guarantees will be provided. Experts in digital rights call for greater transparency in such transactions and the development of mechanisms that would obligate new owners of telecom infrastructure to maintain minimum standards for user protection. Without such guarantees, millions of subscribers may find themselves in a situation where their personal data and communications fall under the control of structures with different, less stringent privacy policies.