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January 09, 2006

Representatives Keeping an Eye on You

CNET's continuing coverage on web site tracking reveals that dozens of U.S. Senators are tracking visitigs to their web sites even though they have publicly pledged not to. 

Sixty-six politicians in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are setting permanent Web cookies even though at least 23 of them have promised not to use the online tracking technique, a CNET News.com investigation shows.

Congress' hands caught in the cookie jar

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6020711.html

Posted by Buzz Webster at January 9, 2006 11:32 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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