NPR: Verizon Wireless settled a $1.35 million fine with the Federal Communications Commission over the misuse of ‘supercookies.’
The unique identifiers, which Verizon uses to target advertising to its mobile users, remain on wireless devices even when a customer clears a device’s cache.
Investigators had found that Verizon had been using “supercookies” since December 2012, but the company didn’t disclose it was doing so until October 2014.
