Rockefeller expands online privacy investigation to popular sites
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Sep 26, 2013, 2:42:57 PM9/26/13
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By Kate Tummarello
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09/25/13 01:18 PM ET
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) expanded his online privacy investigation Wednesday to include popular websites.
Rockefeller sent letters to 12 websites — including About.com, Self.com, Ehealthforum.com and
Finance.youngmoney.com — asking for information about how they collect and share user information with third parties.
He said he was seeking their help because he is hitting a wall with data brokers who trade in personal information.
Data brokers “have told the Committee they obtain information from consumer-facing website sources” but “have refused to identify to the Committee specific sources of the consumer information they obtain” or how that information is compiled, Rockefeller wrote.
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