Some Web sites send customer info to ad companies .
Members of the Senate Commerce Committee were especially concerned about personal information being used in profiling, and testimony from ad companies DoubleClick and Engage did little to assuage their concerns in the pointed questioning. Electronic documents are one step closer to replacing their paper counterparts. A bill that would give electronic signatures and documents the same legal backing as written signatures was passed by the House Wednesday in a near-unanimous vote. Political News from Wired News - Michigan Warns Sites on Privacy . Michigan singles out four websites for violating the state's consumer protection law by failing to disclose data-collection practices to users.