Verizon’s advertising tracking tags drew Congressional rebuke
Making good on a January promise, Verizon Wireless customers, as of March 31, can opt out of a targeted advertising program powered by so-called supercookies.
Supercookies are an identification number used to track and tag Internet users for advertisement...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and senior Democrats on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation are asking the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Verizon’s use of supercookies to track cellphone user activity.
Supercookies are an...
Senior Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Jan. 20 asked Verizon Communications' CEO Lowell McAdam whether the wireless division would continue to use “supercookie” software, which is easy for third parties to exploit.
Supercookies are an identification number used to...
