Toysrus.com Under Scrutiny

Toys R Us Inc. said records from its Internet division have been subpoenaed in an investigation of its privacy practices. The inquiry by New Jersey’s Division of Consumer Affairs partially stems from lawsuits that accuse Toysrus.com of illegally sharing personal information about its Internet customers with market researchers, said Jeanne Meyer, spokeswoman for the toy retailer. The division refused to confirm or deny an investigation of Fort Lee, N.J.-based Toysrus.com, but said it is examining how Internet retailers use “cookies,” the small text files that record information about an Internet user’s browsing habits when they visit a Web site.