Verizon Wireless sells out customers with creepy new tactic
Source: LA Times
As far as corporate notices go, they don't get much creepier than this recent alert from Verizon Wireless.
The company says it's "enhancing" its Relevant Mobile Advertising program, which it uses to collect data on customers' online habits so that marketers can pitch stuff at them with greater precision.
"In addition to the customer information that's currently part of the program, we will soon use an anonymous, unique identifier we create when you register on our websites," Verizon Wireless is telling customers.
"This identifier may allow an advertiser to use information they have about your visits to websites from your desktop computer to deliver marketing messages to mobile devices on our network," it says.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20140425,0,2539606.column
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)NSA.
THIS is the type of no-privacy that ticks me off.
Corruption Inc
(1,568 posts)But no worry, just "look forward" Amurikans and all crimes, from surveillance to torture, all just go away. Now let's go look at kitty cat pictures!
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)father founding
(619 posts)If Corporations were people, You could get a court order against them for stalking.
greiner3
(5,214 posts)And get Adblock, NoScript, DoNotTrackMe and Ghostery.
With these you can block so much crap that comes with surfing.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Location and interests.
Their data is better than facebooks, tho they haven't yet figured out how to monetize it. Looks like they are trying.