People have no idea their thoughts and practices on the Internet are being tracked or policed.
We're going after this secret, third-party surveillance. The sharing of information from cookies is part of the growing concern about a loss of privacy on the Internet and how commercial Web sites use information. We should have privacy laws to protect us from them. The four companies were chosen simply because they are representative of the electronic marketplace, Granholm told The Detroit News . She said they are not the only or even the most serious violators of privacy rights.