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Re:Comcast says it will not sell customer browsing histories by adrenalinelol on Friday March 31, 2017 @02:42PM (#14006757)
> said Gerard Lewis, Comcast's chief privacy officer.

I didn't know Chief Privacy Officers were a thing. When did this start?

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Re:Comcast says it will not sell customer browsing histories by AstroJetson on Friday March 31, 2017 @03:19PM (#14007202)
When people started complaining about internet privacy.

But remember, the Chief Human Resources Officer historically isn't on the side of employees. I'm of the view point that the CPO (*) isn't on the side of consumers. But it looks good to have one.

(Sorry to all of the Chief Petty Officers)

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Re:Comcast says it will not sell customer browsing histories by jeffcore on Friday March 31, 2017 @03:13PM (#14007157)
It looks like it became widespread in the early 2000s, in the U.S. at least [0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_privacy_officer

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