Online advertising network NebuAd defended its service Wednesday after Free Press and Public Knowledge released a report, "NebuAd and Partner ISPs: Wiretapping, Forgery and Browser Hijacking," that charged the company was "intercepting and altering computer codes."

The company is partnered with various ISP's, including cable operators.

The study is from Robert Topolski, the same network engineer and consultant to Free Press and Public Knowledge who alleged that Comcast was "throttling" BitTorrent applications.

NebuAd countered in a statement that the report was inaccurate, mischaracterized its consumer privacy standards and said it does not modify any publisher codes. "Transparency and consumer privacy protection are core to our business. Reasonable review of materials that have been made available online would have educated the organization that NebuAd requires its ISP partners to provide robust notice to their subscribers prior to deployment of the service," the company said.

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