Telecom Provider Vodafone Netherlands used in controversial super cookies, message NRC Handelsblad according to the US privacy organization Access Now. According to Vodafone, however, it is merely a piggybacked code which payments may be processed.
Super Cookies are files that pass app- and surfing behavior and are controversial because they are virtually impossible to remove. After turmoil in the United States because they are no longer used, but the use shifted to other countries, including the Netherlands.
will be sent an anonymous code when communicating with certain sites in the case of Vodafone. This is done only to services and sites which Vodafone has a payment relationship. A spokesman for the company gives as an example the BlackBerry appwinkel where Vodafone customers can pay via your phone bill. In such a case, the code only needs to be able to charge the purchase. No customer profiles or other data about users collected or stored.
Vodafone further emphasizes that there is no cookies are installed on the phones of customers, but that it be sent via its own network.
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