Re: Firm Tracks Access of Medical Info

2000-08-21 Thread Matt Curtin
"Tim" == Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tim If visitors to Intenet sites wish to be untraceable, they can Tim of course use Web proxies, Freedom, Hotmail/MyDeja-types of Tim cutout accounts, and so forth. The problem is that it isn't quite that simple anymore. Some of these tracking

Firm Tracks Access of Medical Info

2000-08-17 Thread A. Melon
BOSTON (AP) -- Internet privacy advocates raised concerns Tuesday about a technology firm that is quietly tracking the information consumers are getting from pharmaceutical companies' Web sites. By using tiny computer files such as ``cookies,'' Pharmatrak can track people's movement