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ISP Embarq Monitors User Traffic

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-can-trust-us dept.

Deli Korkmaz writes "The Washington Post reports that Sprint-Nextel spin-off Embarq, currently the US's fourth largest DSL provider, monitored Internet activity on some 26,000 customers in Kansas using deep-packet inspection technology NebuAd in order to deliver targeted advertising to users' desktops. CNet provides coverage as well. The House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating whether any privacy laws were broken. Users were informed of this test and invited to opt out only via Embarq's online Privacy Policy; a mere 15 subscribers did so."

1 of 106 comments (clear)

  1. EXACTLY by zoomshorts · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    OPT-OUT should be default by LAW, and if the company opt's you in, they should pay
    1,000 dollars to YOU each time they divulge any of your information to ANY party.

    NO ONE wants these types of idiots knowing a single thing about them. NO ONE !!!