Text 1823, 60 rader
Skriven 2005-01-08 20:06:50 av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 1753 av Rich (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Usage history
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From: Ellen K. <72322.enno.esspeayem.1016@compuserve.com>

Their privacy policy is very long, probably to confuse readers, but the bottom
line is that they do track what you do and buy everywhere they can see you to
build a profile of you.

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:16:02 -0800, "Rich" <@> wrote in message
<41da404f$1@w3.nls.net>:

>   I wouldn't worry about "clear gifs".  They are a red herring.  If it were
me I would be more concerned if they are providing the PII details of your
purchase to a third party that are not restricted in use for this transaction
only.
>
>Rich
>
>
>  "Ellen K." <72322.enno.esspeayem.1016@compuserve.com> wrote in message
news:ttdkt09eir1fl808dmjmug8hniancrtrtn@4ax.com...
>  There is another outfit whose name I can't remember right now but they
>  do "surveys" of how you liked your online shopping experience and if you
>  submit the survey they can do whatever they want with your information.
>  They are on the Macy's site.   Interestingly you can see a separate
>  "window" for them on your taskbar the whole time you are on the Macy's
>  site.   Their privacy policy says they use "clear gifs" (what Geo called
>  webbugs) to see what pages you see and what email you open.
>
>  On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 20:19:12 -0800, "Rich" <@> wrote in message
>  <41d8c589$1@w3.nls.net>:
>
>  >   If you think doubleclick will sell what little info they have for profit
then you should absolutely fear your ISP which has much more info on you.
>  >
>  >   Doubleclick doesn't know who you are unless you tell them.  But then so
does google.
>  >
>  >Rich
>  >
>  >  "Mike N." <mike@u-spam-u-die.net> wrote in message
news:ihbht0phq63noffot1l6qgfotgke3hdhaa@4ax.com...
>  >  On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:50:38 -0800, "Rich" <@> wrote:
>  >
>  >  >Similarly, the folks from whome you purchase, unless doubleclick
>  >  > itself, have no idea what your doubleclick identity is unless
>  >  >doubleclick is providing this to them.
>  >
>  >     There's no reason to think DoubleClick won't freely share their
>  >  information with anyone who pays them money.  After all, they are in
>  >  business to maximize their profits.
>  >
>  >  >And even if all this
>  >  >happened, you can just delete your local cookies and any
>  >  >cookie only identity goes away.
>  >
>  >    You and I know that, but most users don't know that cookies exist or
what
>  >  they do.   As a result most people can be freely tracked by DoubleClick.

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