Comcast Leaves Customer Information Out On the Curb for Anyone To See

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Neighbors say the trash includes customers account information. This afternoon, when we looked at the piles of trash, you could see through the plastic what appeared to be customer bills. Comcast doesn't return calls about the problem. Can't they afford a paper shredder?! At least make the ID thieves work for their money, Comcast. —MEGHANN MARCO

A Comcast office building in Memphis, TN is throwing customer information out on the street for anyone to collect, according to a local Memphis news report:

Comcast does not have a dumpster, and garbage bags sit on the curb every week. Neighbors say its not uncommon for bags to break open and the garbage spills out onto the street and into peoples yards.

Neighbors say the trash includes customers account information. This afternoon, when we looked at the piles of trash, you could see through the plastic what appeared to be customer bills.

Comcast doesn’t return calls about the problem. Can’t they afford a paper shredder?! At least make the ID thieves work for their money, Comcast. —MEGHANN MARCO

Comcast Trash Piles Up [ABC 24]

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