Privacy Issues

In May, Comcast told its cable television customers it has the right to share their most sensitive information, including Social Security numbers and credit records, with a wide range of companies. This is a national policy that affects 21 million Comcast customers.

If you don't want Comcast to sell or share your private information, call 1-800–COMCAST and tell them to stop. If you want to read more about this issue click on one of the links below.

Privacy Policy

Comcast Cited for Change to Subscriber Info Policy	Gazette.net, 05/29/03
Comcast on Privacy: The Policy Hasn't Changed - Just the Way Comcast Describes It	Associated Press, 01/27/04
Portland Officials Call Comcast on Privacy Violations	Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission, 06/25/03
Comcast defends their current privacy policy	Comcast, 07/25/03
Comcast Privacy Debate	Broadband Reports, 07/16/03
Comcast Subscriber Privacy Policy	Comcast, 01/10/03
LFAs Raise Privacy Concerns	Multichannel News, 09/01/03

Monitoring and Customer Information Disclosure

Senior Manager at Comcast Arrested For Bugging Wife's Telephone	CWA, 09/24/04
Comcast Sued Over Internet Data Gathering	Computer Cops, 05/24/03
Comcast Unconcerned by Hijacked E-mail Account	Baltimore Sun, 05/18/08
Comcast Says It Will Stop Tracking Customer Web Use	IT World.com, 02/13/02
Comcast Customer Service: Data-Mining Your Call	Newspaper, 04/04/06
Comcast Migration Wizard Questions	Broadband Reports, 07/02/03
Comcast Promised It Wouldn't Monitor - Has It Kept Its Promise?	Post-Gazette, 02/02/04