EMBARQ does not currently offer preference advertising services, and thus there is no need for you to take any steps to opt out of this service. If the company determines in the future to offer such services, customers would be notified and offered a choice of whether to participate. EMBARQ takes its customers' privacy very seriously and endeavors to ensure information about our customers remains secure and anonymous.

EMBARQ does not currently offer preference advertising services, and thus there is no need for you to take any steps to opt out of this service. If the company determines in the future to offer such services, customers would be notified and offered a choice of whether to participate. EMBARQ takes its customers' privacy very seriously and endeavors to ensure information about our customers remains secure and anonymous.

At Embarq, Debra Peterson, the company spokeswoman, e-mailed this statement, saying she would entertain no further questions:

Like other companies, we are evaluating behavioral marketing tools, but we have not decided whether to move forward with them. Our Privacy Policy anticipates and alerts customers to possible future use of these tools, and offers customers the opportunity to simply and quickly opt out. EMBARQ takes its customers’ privacy very seriously and we take every precaution to ensure information about our customers remains secure and anonymous.

Multiple American ISPs are sharing customer data with outside firms that deal in so-called behavioral ad targeting, and according to one of these firms, the Silicon Valley-based NebuAd, roughly 10 per cent of all US web surfers are affected.

These ad companies, which also include the Sonora, California-based Front Porch, won't say which ISPs have adopted their services. But two internet service providers, the Georgia-based Knology and the Sprint-spin-off Embarq, admit to using such platforms on a test basis

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