The policy revisions were part of an automatic firmware update that outraged users last week. The automatic upgrade came without notice and with forced acceptance of a less-private user agreement. Cisco appears to have retracted a controversial addition to its privacy policy that allowed the company to track data, including complete Internet histories, for users of its Linksys E2700, E3500 and E4500 routers. However, Cisco apparently isn t backing down from the auto-update setting by default. The company says the routers advanced features will not be available until the upgrade is performed.
Source: https://threatpost.com/cisco-pulls-back-routers-supplemental-privacy-policy-070312/76766/