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Web tracking plan worries lawmakers

Two congressmen sent letters to Charter Communications' CEO on Friday, raising concerns about the company's plan to track Web site visits by customers and provide the information to an online advertising firm.

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May 16, 2008
 

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we need a congressional act to track ct. sam's monikers alone.
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May 17, 2008
 

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legal way to Spam us?
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May 17, 2008
 
I bet Charter loses a lot of customers after this. What an invasion of privacy!
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May 17, 2008
 
Firefox users: be aware that the charter page to opt-out is https://connect.charter.com/cas/portal/settin... and that Firefox 2.0.0.14 (the latest) STILL doesn't properly process ASPX files (see http://www.google.com/search... ).

Call charter support and you'll eventually hear something from one of their drones that very closely rhymes with "you're $h¡† outta luck".

The page is supposed to set a cookie telling everyone else to leave you alone. Otherwise it will specially select ads that you'll see, based upon your browsing history.
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May 23, 2008
 
Everyone please note: Just because you opt-out does not mean you are not being tracked. The opt-out is only for the targeted adverts. The data is still being collected on you surfing!
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