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Title: News: Verizon to allow users to opt out of web tracking ‘supercookies’
Post by: HCK on January 30, 2015, 09:00:28 pm
News: Verizon to allow users to opt out of web tracking ‘supercookies’

Verizon has apparently decided to implement an option in its mobile ad-targeting program that will provide Verizon customers with the ability to opt out of targeted ad tracking, according to a New York Times report. It came to light last fall that both Verizon and AT&T had implemented unique identifier headers (UIDH) on their respective mobile networks to allow for the tracking of web activity from mobile devices. “Users who do not want…

Source: News: Verizon to allow users to opt out of web tracking ‘supercookies’ (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/verizon-to-allow-users-to-opt-out-of-web-tracking-supercookies)