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Originally Posted by Frostbite
Thanks Toto for that answer and I think I have to agree with you but I do think it would be better if maybe NTL made people more aware as to what they use regarding things like tracking cookies, maybe at the same time as they put out the warning about spyware. Regarding the best place for me, well my attitude is that because of what we are talking about now, we will put pressure on those responsible to make the web as secure as is possible, after all we are being encouraged to use it more and more eg banking, shopping.
Frosty
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A fair comment
Dug this up from the ntl privacy statement.
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