<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 40-175. - Protection of subscriber privacy.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Required.</span> The grantee shall at all times protect the privacy of subscribers, as provided in
               this article and other applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Notice of privacy provisions.</span> At the time of entering into an agreement to provide any cable service or other service
               to a subscriber and at least once a year thereafter, the grantee shall provide notice
               in the form of a separate written statement to the subscriber which clearly and conspicuously
               informs the subscriber of the following:
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               (1)
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               The privacy rights of the subscriber and the limitations placed upon the grantee with
               regard to this section and all other applicable federal, state, and local subscriber
               privacy provisions.
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               (2)
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               The nature of personally identifiable information collected or to be collected with
               respect to the subscriber and the nature of the use of such information.
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               (3)
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               The nature, frequency, and purpose of any disclosure which may be made of such information,
               including an identification of the types of persons to whom the disclosure may be
               made.
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               (4)
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               The period during which such information might be maintained by the cable operator.
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               (5)
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               The times and place at which the subscriber may have access to such information in
               accordance with this article and other applicable federal, state, and local law.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Collection of personally identifiable information prohibited.</span> The grantee shall not use or permit the use of the cable system to collect personally
               identifiable information concerning any subscriber, except as necessary to render
               a cable service or other service provided by the cable operator to the subscriber.
               The grantee shall not install or permit the installation of any special terminal equipment
               in any subscriber's premises for the two-way transmission of any aural, visual, or
               digital signals without the prior written consent of the subscriber. The grantee shall
               not tabulate nor permit others to tabulate any subscriber use of the cable system
               which would reveal the opinions or commercial product preferences of individual subscribers,
               whether residential or business, or of any occupant or user of the subscriber's premises
               without written authorization from the subscriber for his participation in a shop-at-home
               or similar service. When providing such service, the grantee may tabulate only those
               responses essential to the functioning of that shopping or other service and may not
               use any such tabulation of individual preferences for any other purposes. Tabulations
               of aggregate opinion or preference are permitted, provided the aggregations are sufficiently
               large to ensure individual privacy.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Disclosure of subscriber information prohibited.</span> The grantee shall not, without the specific written authorization of the individual
               subscribers involved, sell or otherwise make available to any party any list of the
               names and addresses of individual subscribers; any list which identifies the viewing
               habits of individual subscribers; or any personal data, social security number, income
               and other data the company may have on file about individual subscribers, except as
               necessary to render or conduct a legitimate business activity related to a cable service
               or other service provided by the cable operator to the subscriber; provided, however,
               that such disclosure shall not reveal directly or indirectly the extent of viewing
               or other use by the subscriber of a cable service or other service provided by the
               cable operator or the nature of any transaction made by the subscriber over the cable
               system.
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               (e)
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               <span class="ital">Exclusions from service.</span> The grantee shall not predicate regular subscriber service on the subscriber's grant
               or denial of permission to collect, maintain or disclose personally identifiable information.
               A subscriber may at any time revoke any permission previously given by delivering
               to the grantee a written statement of that intent.
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               (f)
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               <span class="ital">Subscriber access to information.</span> Each subscriber shall be provided access to all personally identifiable information
               regarding such subscriber that the grantee collects or maintains or allows to be collected
               or maintained, and such subscriber shall be provided the opportunity to correct any
               error in such information.
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               (g)
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               <span class="ital">Destruction of information.</span> Any information concerning individual subscriber viewing habits or responses, except
               for information for billing purposes, shall be destroyed within 60 days. Information
               for billing purposes shall be kept for two years and then destroyed unless otherwise
               required to be kept by law.
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               (h)
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               <span class="ital">Intent.</span> This section is not intended to prohibit the use or transmission of signals useful
               only for the control or measurement of system performance.
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               (Code 1995, Â§ 517.084)
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