Reps Urge Charter Not to Share Subscriber Info

Leaders from both side of the aisle of the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee have written Charter Communications expressing their "serious concern" about reports that the company plans to track Web-site visits by its Internet customers and share that information with an ad firm, asking it to hold off on those plans for now. In a letter to Charter President Neil Smit, Reps Ed Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton (R-TX) wrote that such a deal could have privacy implications. They told Smit not to pursue a venture with online targeted marketer NebuAd until the legislators have had a chance to talk with him. Jeff Chester of the Center for Digital Democracy applauded the move. "Charter's plans violate the spirit and, likely, the letter of the privacy provisions Chairman Markey inserted in the 1984 Cable Act.”
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