(A) The company shall not deny service, deny access, or otherwise discriminate against subscribers, channel users, or general citizens on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, or sex. The company shall comply at all times with all other applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, and all executive and administrative orders relating to nondiscrimination which are hereby incorporated and made part of this chapter by reference.
(B) The company shall strictly adhere to the equal employment opportunity requirements of the FCC, state statutes and local regulations, and as amended from time to time.
(C) No signals of a Class IV cable communications channel shall be transmitted from a subscriber terminal for purposes of monitoring individual viewing patterns or practices without the express written permission of the subscriber. The request for such permission shall be contained in a separate document with a prominent statement that the subscriber is authorizing the permission in full knowledge of its provisions. Such written permission shall be for a limited period of time not to exceed one year, which shall be renewable at the option of the subscriber. No penalty shall be invoked for a subscriber's failure to provide or renew such an authorization. (This statement must be in authorization). The authorization shall be revokable at any time by the subscriber without penalty of any kind whatsoever. Such authorization is required for each type or classification of Class IV cable communications activity planned; provided however, that the company shall be entitled to conduct systemwide or individually addressed “sweeps” for the purpose of verifying system integrity, controlling return-path transmission, or billing for pay services.
(D) (1) The company, or any of its agents or employees, shall not sell, or otherwise make available to any party:
(a) Lists of the names and addresses of subscribers; or
(b) Any list which identifies the viewing habits of individual subscribers.
(2) This section does not prohibit the company from providing composite ratings of subscriber viewing to any party.
(Ord. 450.1, passed 12-4-80)