By Jacqueline Emigh , BetaNews US Congressional hearings are one sign. But in another sign that North Americans are getting fed up with Web snooping, Adzilla has shut down its American operations and headed for the less privacy-focused environment of Asia. In response to a Congressional crackdown on Charter Communications and its Web tracking partner NebuAd, fellow Internet privacy snoop Adzilla is abandoning its North American operations and packing its bags for the Asia-Pacific. In the heat of federal legislative hearings on privacy rights issues, NebuAd said last week that it was rethinking its business, which had revolved around collecting information for Charter -- the fourth largest cable provider in the US -- and other ISPs about their subscribers' whereabouts and activities on the Web. According to reports published...
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