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Browser add-on caught selling identifiable web histories

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When you include the word trust in your internet companys name, youre under more pressure than most to respect the privacy of your customers… and one firm is learning that lesson the hard way. Web of Trust Services browser add-on has left the extension libraries for Chrome, Firefox and Opera after a German broadcasters investigation revealed that Web of Trust was collecting and selling users web histories to third parties. While the company said that it was anonymizing data, …
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