AT&T, Comcast and Verizon explain that they don't sell your browser history
Now that Congress has passed a rule rolling back FCC regulations that would explicitly prevent internet service providers from selling data like your browsing history, three of the biggest ones are trying to reassure customers. AT&T , Verizon (which owns AOL, the parent company of Engadget) and Comcast all published posts today about the event, with varying levels of explanation about what their privacy policies are. Comcast: We do not sell our broadband customers' individual web browsing history. We did not do it before the FCC's rules were adopted, and we have no plans to do so. Verizon: Let's set the record straight. Verizon does not sell the personal web browsing history of our customers. We don't do it and that's the bottom line. Those statements are true, however, if you read past the "commitment to privacy" headlines, you'll notice that both companies have other plans in place for selling customer data. Comcast uses ...