Comcast To Pay Nearly $26 Million To Settle California Hazardous Waste, Privacy Claims
Comcast will pay $26 million to resolve allegations it unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste and threw out records without first redacting private customer information, said the California Office of the Attorney General and Alameda County, California, in a news release…
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Tuesday as they filed a proposed settlement in Alameda County Superior Court. The state said Comcast customer service centers, dispatch facilities and warehouses regularly sent various hazardous waste products such as electronics to local landfills. Comcast also threw out documents containing sensitive customer information like names and addresses without shredding them first, California said. The settlement, if approved by the court, would have Comcast pay $19.75 million in civil penalties and $3 million toward environmental and consumer protections in the state, provide CalRecycle with $2.25 million in airtime and $150,000 toward public service announcements, and spend at least $700,000 on its own environmental compliance efforts, it said. Comcast didn't comment.