Comcast Sued Over Tracking
from the is-that-necessary? dept
Back in February there was a huge uproar about Comcast admitting they were tracking users online. They quickly admitted it was a mistake and stopped doing it. However, now the lawyers are swarming and a multimillion dollar lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Comcast users. I have mixed feelings about this. There is a part that thinks that these types of lawsuits will make companies think twice before tracking their users without telling them. However, Comcast did respond quickly to customer outrage and stopped the tracking right away. I'm not sure what a lawsuit accomplishes at this point other than making a bunch of lawyers a bit wealthier.
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Maybe they responded quickly but they only responded at all because they got caught.
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Re: Comcast Cable Corp.
Shut them down!
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