Malls suspend plan to track shoppers' cellphones

Release Date 29 Nov, 2011 in Register

	Malls Pull Back from Tracking Shoppers Via Their Cells, But Guess Who Else ... Forbes - 29 Nov, 2011 After news broke that it would track visitors at two of its malls via their cell phones over the Black Friday shopping weekend, Forest City Commercial Management is rethinking the issue. Last week, CNN reported that two shopping centers, ...
Malls suspend plan to track shoppers' cellphones Register - 29 Nov, 2011 Two shopping malls have dropped plans to track shopper's movements after a US senator voiced privacy concerns about the practice, which involves monitoring individuals' cellphone signals. The Footpath tracking system will no longer be used at the ...
Cell-phone tracking mall operator has second thoughts CNET - 29 Nov, 2011 It seems that the Cleveland mall operator who last week declared it was tracking mall shoppers in California and Virginia via their cell phones has had a change of, perhaps, heart. ...
Mall phone-tracking test hits political wall msnbc.com - 29 Nov, 2011 The great shopping-mall cellphone-tracking experiment of 2011 has come to a halt, thanks to the actions of an activist US senator. Forest City Commercial Management said on Friday that it was suspending its trial of the FootPath ...
Are Brick-And-Mortar Businesses Suffering From Data Envy? Forbes - 29 Nov, 2011 Earlier this year, OnStar announced that it was going to start collecting driving and location information from units in peoples' cars even if those people were not customers. The company killed that plan, though, after a privacy backlash and ...
Malls stop tracking shoppers' cell phones CNNMoney - 29 Nov, 2011 Two malls were planning to track shoppers' movements by following their cell phone signals, but they have since suspended the program, due to privacy concerns raised by a US senator. ...
	Sen. Schumer: Local malls could track shoppers via cell phones New York Daily News - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ BY Alison Gendar & Simone Weichselbaum That might not be Big Brother tracking your every move �" it could be your friendly neighborhood mall. A British company has developed technology to use shoppers' cell phones to track their movements through a mall ...
Schumer: Don't track shoppers without consent Wall Street Journal - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ AP NEW YORK �" Technology that uses shoppers' personal cellphones to track their movements through a mall or store should not be used without their consent, US Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday. Schumer said the British company that developed the ...
Malls won't track your mobile phones this holiday IntoMobile - 29 Nov, 2011 Two US malls have abandoned their plans to track customers via their mobile phones. This change of heart followed a call from US Senator Charles Schumer who publicly criticized the practice. The two malls, Promenade Temecula in California and Short ...
Short Pump drops plan to track customers Richmond Times Dispatch - 29 Nov, 2011 Tammy Tucker of Asheville, NC; Sarah Elliott of Elizabethton, Tenn.; and Melissa Turner of Richmond took a break at Short Pump Town Center on Friday. On Monday, mall officials said they will try to find a way for shoppers to opt out of phone-tracking ...
Malls to halt tracking of customers via cell phone as senator steps in allvoices - 29 Nov, 2011 By Iria0000 Two malls that had previously planned to track the movements of patrons through their cell phones have announced they have halted the program, after receiving a phone call from a US senator expressing privacy concerns. ...
Schumer Wants to Crack Down on "Foot Pathing" at Malls FOX 40 News WICZ TV - 29 Nov, 2011 Cyber technology is now leading to concerns about privacy rights when you step into a mall or store with your cell phone. Senator Charles Schumer opposes "foot path" technology which tracks shoppers locations through their cell phones. ...
	Short Pump Town Center drops plans to track cell-phone use Augusta Free Press - 29 Nov, 2011 Short Pump Town Center announced today that it has suspended the use of a new technology that tracks customers' movements by following their cell phone signals as they move from store to store. Last week, the ACLU of Virginia expressed concerns about ...
Tech 2.0 for Monday, November 28 KPVI News 6 - 29 Nov, 2011 New York Senator Charles Schumer does not like the idea of so-called footpath technology that uses shoppers' cellphones to track their movements through stores. Schumer says British company Path Intelligence should allow users to opt in if they want ...
Mall owners pull plug on cellular tracking, for now Ars Technica - 29 Nov, 2011 You may now shop two malls again without fear of individualized tracking�"at least by your cell phone signal. Privacy concerns raised by US Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) have ended plans by malls ...
Malls halt plans to track consumer movement via cell phones ConsumerReports.org (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 Two shopping malls have suspended plans to use technology that collects information about customer movements by tracking their cell phones, after a US senator raised privacy issues concerning the new technology. The technology, Footpath, uses tracking ...
Short Pump Town Center to stop tracking shoppers' cell phones WTVR - 29 Nov, 2011 HENRICO COUNTY, VA (WTVR) - Short Pump Town Center has stopped tracking the movements of shoppers via their cell phones,confirmed Jeff Linton with Forest City Properties. Last week the malls began collecting the data as shoppers flooded malls for Black ...
Shopping Malls Put Hold On Plan to Monitor Cellphones After Lawmaker Asks ... ABA Journal - 29 Nov, 2011 A plan by two shopping malls to track shoppers' movements via their turned-on cellphones has been put on hold, after a lawmaker asked questions. The survey, by malls in California and Virginia, began on Black Friday, as scheduled. ...
Short Pump mall suspends cell-phone tracking program Henrico Citizen - 29 Nov, 2011 Short Pump Town Center and another shopping mall in California have stopped tracking shoppers' cell phone signals temporarily, following a request from US Senator Charles Schumer of New York. CNNMoney was first to report the announcement. ...
Schumer warns malls may track shoppers' movements The Hill (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 Sen. Charles Schumer (DN.Y.) on Monday urged retailers to drop plans to track shoppers' movements using their cellphones. The "FootPath technology" uses antennas to detect cellphone signals and can be used to ...
	Schumer Calls for a Closer Look at New Cell Phone Tracking Technology ... NY Convergence - 29 Nov, 2011 As the holiday shopping season kicked off this weekend, NY Senator Charles Schumer spoke about how technology that tracks shopper's cellphone when they are at the mall should not be used without people's consent. Specifically, he commented on the ...
Schumer Reveals New Technology Could be Tracking Shoppers' Movements in ... WBGH - 29 Nov, 2011 US Senator Charles E. Schumer revealed that this holiday season, retailers are beginning to adopt technology that tracks consumers' shopping patterns through their cell phones while they patronize the mall and other retail locations. ...
	A New Yorker's Opinion: Schumer's Right on Mall Tracking, But That's Just the ... International Business Times - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ Senator Charles Schumer wants to protect you from being stalked at the mall. By tracking your movements via your cell-phone, that is. The Senator has told the Wall Street Journal that, "A shopper's ...
Cellphone signals tracking shoppers? Metro.us - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ Major retailers are considering tracking customers' locations in stores, using anonymous signals transmitted by their cell phone antennas, Sen. Charles Schumer warned yesterday. Stores like JCPenney and Home Depot are considering “footpath” technology, ...
	Schumer: Don't track shoppers without consent 7Online.com - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ NEW YORK -- US Senator Charles Schumer is raising questions about technology that tracks the movements of shoppers by using their cellphones. The so-called footpath technology was developed by a British company called Path Intelligence. ...
	Schumer: Stores Track Shoppers Through Cellphones NY1 - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ Senator Charles Schumer is raising concerns over retailers adopting "FootPath technology" that automatically tracks shoppers' movements without consent by monitoring signals from personal cellphones. JC Penny and Home Depot are reportedly considering ...
Malls to track shoppers' cell phones during holiday season SmartPlanet.com (blog) - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ Two malls in the United States will use a new tracking system to follow shoppers' movements during this holiday season. This FootPath technology was created by UK company Path Intelligence and will be ...
	Bigger Brother: Stores Want To Track You Via Cell Phone Gothamist - ‎Nov 27, 2011‎ According to CNN, some malls in the US rolled out a new technology on Black Friday that allows retailers to track customers' cell phone signals while they're shopping. The technology is already being used in Europe and Australia, and it was scheduled ...
	Malls retreat on plans to track shoppers' cell phones Chicago Tribune - 29 Nov, 2011 Two malls are axing their plans to track shoppers' cell phones, after a US senator raised privacy concerns over the weekend. As CNNMoney first reported last week, the Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, ...
We're Watching: Malls Track Shoppers' Cellphone Signals to Gather Marketing Data Wired News (blog) - 29 Nov, 2011 Online retailers have long gathered behavioral metrics about how customers shop, tracking their movements through e-shopping pages and using data to make targeted offers based on user profiles. Retailers in meat-space have had tried ...