Lawmakers demand info on Web tracking practices

August 2, 2008 By JOELLE TESSLER , AP Business Writer

(AP) -- A congressional committee wants the nation's largest telecommunications and Internet companies to explain whether they target online advertising based on consumers' search queries and Web surfing habits.

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