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https://cmp.att.com/cmpportal/ <-- this is where you go to opt out

Just wanted this to be at the top in case anyone is allergic to reddit threads.

Turns out my family was "opted in" even though we never gave any consent for this (and we certainly never would if asked).

To quote the top reddit comment: "Get f*ed at&t"

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This post made me look into my ISP, it seems I was opted in for a bunch of nonsense as well. If anyone uses xfinity, you can opt out here:

https://www.xfinity.com/privacy/opt-out

Thank you for the link I opted out as well.

And here's the one for Spectrum (Charter):

https://www.spectrum.com/policies/your-privacy-rights-opt-ou...

Thanks for this!

As an aside, they have a terrible UI/UX for this - it's probably on purpose. They could have easily put all of those permissions on a single page.

IMO, the UI/UX isn't too bad (not great either). The per-line thing makes sense if you have multiple individuals on the account and want to opt in (I've never heard of such people, just saying). The toggles are straightforward although this is a rank lower in UX compared to the standard email "unsubscribe" pages, IMO. The more egregious thing is this is opt-out instead of opt-in ... probably something we need legislation to solve.

I couldn't actually figure out how to opt out of third-party tracking. They say I have to visit my wireless account, but not sure where to from there.

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