Cell-phone tracking mall operator has second thoughts
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.
CNN reports that Forest City Commercial Management might have been encouraged to change its mind, heart, and attitude by a phone call from the office of Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY).
The phone call might have directly relayed the substance of a press conference the senator gave on Sunday. In it, he suggested that perhaps a more polite way to go about these things was to ask shoppers if they'd like to be part of such tracking, rather than posting small signs that told them the fun had already started.
