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| This is good Charter is breaking all sorts of laws with this program. It's wiretapping at its very definition, is no more anonymous than the data AOL released in 2006 (which was subsequently used to track some individuals to their front door), and does not meet the privacy criteria (mandatory opt-in) to be lawful under the Cable Privacy Act of 1984.
And for those of you wondering why they call it a "service enhancement," under the law they are only allowed to switch to an opt-out system (as opposed to an op-in) if the service is necessary for business. Of course this agreement with NebuAD is nowhere near necessary, but by calling it an "enhancement" they can do an end run around the law and use the much-easier-to-scam opt-in. Moreover, the opt-out Charter has provided doesn't even remove you from the data collection process, which clearly indicates that Charter only put that in place to hide the fact that they aren't providing the federally-mandated consumer protections. It's good that some Congressmen are getting involved. Under the law Charter's statutory obligations are $100 per customer per day for privacy violations under section 551 of the Cable Privacy Act of 1984, plus another $100 per customer per day on federal wiretapping laws. It stacks up fast.
If Charter gets away with selling information to NebuAD, then NebuAD can sell it over and over again to anyone they want. All you'll need to run is a single search which can positively identify you, such as your own name, or hit any site whatsoever on which your name is displayed, and all of that data can get traced to you. | |
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1 edit | And NebuAD will sell it to whomever has the cash. I suspect their biggest clients will be governments - and not just US State and Federal. So we have arms of government who say it's illegal, and other arms of government who probably pay to use the illegal data. It might be interesting to do a right-to-know search on which federal and state branches have bought third-party browser history data and from whom. | | |
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