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Zombie cookies rise again as telcos respond to our report on tracking headers

9 Oct 2015

Even George A. Romero, visionary creator of zombie movies, would scarcely believe this script. After public outcry, policy turnarounds, and regulatory scrutiny, tracking headers live on in Verizon’s networks. The company just announced a new program combining AOL’s online advertising and tracking capabilities with Verizon’s UIDH mobile tracking headers, to track users across the fixed and mobile web. We have fought to expose the use of mobile tracking headers, and made some progress in holding companies to account. The nonprofit Business and Human Rights Resource Centre invited formal responses from the companies named in our report. Let’s go through the responses, one by one.

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Zombie cookies rise again as telcos respond to our report on tracking headers
9 Oct 2015
Zombie cookies rise again as telcos respond to our report on tracking headers
Am I being Tracked

The Rise of Mobile Tracking Headers: How Telcos Around the World Are Threatening Your Privacy

21 Aug 2015
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The Rise of Mobile Tracking Headers: How Telcos Around the World Are Threatening Your Privacy
21 Aug 2015
The Rise of Mobile Tracking Headers: How Telcos Around the World Are Threatening Your Privacy
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Privacy-invasive tracking headers a global trend, new report finds

17 Aug 2015

Access released our new report, “The Rise of Mobile Tracking Headers: How Telcos Around the World Are Threatening Your Privacy,” an in-depth investigation into the global use of so-called “supercookies” or “permacookies” to track your web browsing.

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Privacy-invasive tracking headers a global trend, new report finds
17 Aug 2015
Privacy-invasive tracking headers a global trend, new report finds
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Read our new report on the troubling rise of tracking headers worldwide

17 Aug 2015

Today, Access released our new report “The Rise of Mobile Tracking Headers: How Telcos Around the World Are Threatening Your Privacy,” our in-depth investigation into the global use of so-called “supercookies” or “permacookies” to track your web browsing. The results were based on almost 200,000 tests taken on Amibeingtracked.com — a site developed by Access to allow people to test their devices to see if they were being tracked. We offer findings, collated over six months, about the use of tracking headers worldwide, and provide recommendations for governments, carriers, websites, intergovernmental bodies, and researchers.

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Read our new report on the troubling rise of tracking headers worldwide
17 Aug 2015
Read our new report on the troubling rise of tracking headers worldwide