A week after levying the largest data privacy fine in its history, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will examine the use of so-called “supercookies” by Verizon, MediaPost reports. Earlier this month, Verizon gave customers the ability to opt out of the controversial ad-targeting technology. Dissatisfied by the solution, Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) have requested the FCC look into the practice. In a letter, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wrote, “We are looking specifically into carriers’ injection of header information and the collection and use of information about the subscribers’ Internet activity … As you suggest, we will be considering the extent to which our rules and policies relating to consumer privacy, data security and transparency may be implicated.”
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