Sad that Verizon's gone to great lengths and expenses to fight for consumer privacy, while Comcast does the exact opposite -- not to mention, has a hard time even keeping its network up!
-rick Comcast-Internet-Free and Loving It Comcast Sued for Disclosing Customer Information Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:27 PM ET http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=200 5-04-14T202758Z_01_N14149251_RTRIDST_0_NET-TECH-COMCAST-LAWSUIT-DC.XML SEATTLE (Reuters) - Comcast Corp. <CMCSA.O>, the top U.S. cable television network operator, is being sued by a Seattle-area woman for disclosing her name and contact information, court records showed on Thursday. In a lawsuit filed in King County, Washington, Dawnell Leadbetter said that she was contacted by a debt collection agency in January and told to pay a $4,500 for downloading copyright-protected music or face a lawsuit for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Leadbetter, a mother of two teenage children, was a customer of Comcast's high-speed Internet access service. The company, Settlement Support Center LLC, based in Washington state, was using information that the Recording Industry of Association of America (RIAA) had obtained in a Philadelphia lawsuit over the illegal sharing of digital music files, said Lory Lybeck, the lawyer representing Leadbetter. But no court authorized Comcast to release names and addresses of its customers, or notified his client that her information had been given to an outside party, Lybeck said. "Comcast should respect the rights of privacy who pay them monthly bills," Lybeck said. Representatives from Comcast said they could not immediately comment on the lawsuit. The RIAA has filed thousands of lawsuits since September and settled several hundred for about $3,000 each. You are a subscribed member of the infowarrior list. Visit www.infowarrior.org for list information or to unsubscribe. This message may be redistributed freely in its entirety. Any and all copyrights appearing in list messages are maintained by their respective owners.
