Time Warner and Comcast have been sued in class-action lawsuits for privacy violations because of their practice of keeping customers’ names, social security numbers, and personal data — even after those customers terminated their services.

According to the 1984 Cable Communications Policy Act, cable companies are required to destroy subscribers’ data once it is no longer needed.  Comcast may also have violated California’s state laws, which require businesses to destroy customers’ personal data once it is no longer needed.

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