[IP] Charter announces its intentions to spam its own customers

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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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

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