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California attorney general reaches $33 million privacy settlement with Comcast

( September 17, 2015, 23:05 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: California Attorney General Kamala Harris has reached a $33 million privacy settlement with Comcast, resolving claims by the state that Comcast impoperly posted online the names, phone numbers and addresses of tens of thousands of customers who had paid for unlisted voice over Internet protocol (“VOIP”) phone service. The settlement requires Comcast to pay $8 million in restitution to customers, and $25 million in penalties and investigative costs to the California Department of Justice and the California Public Utilities Commission. ...

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