An Internet provider based in Kansas used a monitoring technology earlier this year to track sites visited by its users, apparently without directly notifying them, according to a congressional panel investigating the action.Embarq, which serves 1.3 million Internet customers in 18 states, including Virginia, acknowledged that it used “deep packet inspection” technology provided by the Silicon Valley firm NebuAd to direct targeted advertising to users.
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US Lawmakers Probe Web Tracking
An Internet provider based in Kansas used a monitoring technology earlier this year to track sites visited by its users, apparently without directly notifying them, according to a congressional panel investigating the action.