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Charter announces its intentions to spam its own customers
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 05:07:09 -0700
________________________________________ From: Rich Kulawiec [rsk () gsp org] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:07 AM To: Fergie; Richard Forno; David Farber Subject: Charter announces its intentions to spam its own customers Charter To Begin Tracking Users' Searches And Inserting Targeted Ads http://consumerist.com/5008801/charter-to-begin-tracking-users-searches-and-inserting-targeted-ads Excerpt: Charter Communications is sending letters to its customers informing them of an "enhanced online experience" that involves Charter monitoring its users' searches and the websites they visit, and inserting targeted third-party ads based on their web activity. Charter, which serves nearly six million customers, is requiring users who want to keep their activity private to submit their personal information to Charter via an unencrypted form and download a privacy cookie that must be downloaded again each time a user clears his web cache or uses a different browser. ---Rsk ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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