The FTC has reached a settlement with Epic Marketplace, a large online ad network, related to what the FTC says is the company s practice of sniffing users browser history for the purpose of serving them targeted ads related to a variety of sensitive topics. The settlement bars Epic from performing history sniffing and requires the company to destroy all of the data it has collected from consumers up to this point. The FTC said in its privacy policy, Epic claimed that it would collect information only about consumers visits to sites in its network.
Source: https://threatpost.com/ftc-settles-ad-network-over-browser-history-sniffing-120512/77283/