Privacy in Online Behavioral Tracking and Targeting -- It's Time to Protect Consumers
Electronic Frontier Foundation, September 1, 2009
By Rebecca Jeschke
A coalition of consumer and privacy groups called on Congress to protect Americans' privacy from invasive online behavioral tracking and targeting. The groups likened the tracker to being followed by an invisible stalker -- individuals aren't aware that it's happening, who is tracking them, and how the information will be used.
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