- Cox Cable has sent us a Notification of various things
that you may find interesting.
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- (a) I got this month's Cox Cable bill in the mail *after*
the due date, which they pushed-up (made earlier) about two weeks for this
bill, without forewarning.
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- (b) The notification that was included with this month's
bill mentions several concerns -- one about mailing lists that might be
sold to third parties. I am quite sure Cox is doing this 'backwards' in
that the customer automatically has the right to NOT be on such lists without
having to tell Cox to remove such information. I believe the courts have
decided this particular concern in various jurisdictions already. Cox
is doing this 'backwards' because Cox 'assumes' it is 'okay' since the
customer has not said anything.
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- This is wrong -- THE CUSTOMER DID NOT GIVE CONSENT IN
THE FIRST PLACE and Cox does NOT have the right to put anyone's name/address/etc.
on such lists WITHOUT that person giving consent in the first place.
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- (c) The biggest thing Cox mentions in the notification
is they have mentioned what the "recently enacted USA Patriot Act
... may be required" for them to do. (Perhaps this is why the cable
bill was delayed in mailing?: because they wanted see whether the Homeland
Security Act would affect this preprinted mass notification?)
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- "Cox may be required to make certain personally
identifiable information about its high-speed Internet and video customers
(excluding video programming service records ... and the contents of your
Internet communications) available to government entities upon receipt
of a valid subpoena and you are not entitled to receive advance notice
of the disclosure. Disclosure of the contents of your Internet communications
through installation or use of a pen register or a trap and trace device
can only occur upon issuance by a court of an order pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
[sections] 3121, 3123.
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- "In addition, under the USA Patriot Act, Cox may
disclose voluntarily and without prior notice to the subscriber Internet
information, including the contents of subscriber communications, to law
enforcement if Cox reasonably believes that an emergency involving immediate
danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure
of the information without delay."
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- So... there ya go...
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- What I want to know is whether groups like the ACLU are
fighting these unconstitutional Acts, because I want to make sure I donate
some $$ to the right people and help them out.
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