Lawmakers concerned over Charter's Web tracking

May 17, 2008 By JIM SALTER, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Cable TV, phone and Internet service provider Charter Communications drew concern Friday from two congressmen and a privacy advocate over its plan to experiment with tracking its customers' Web use in collaboration with an online advertising firm.

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