Google AdWords Format: Creepy
Posted by COEH on October 28, 2011
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Today, Shelby at Standing Dog noticed a new Google AdWords Format of ads that totally creeped her out. This is no Halloween joke.
Tag Archives: privacy
Network Solutions Domain Name Privacy Service Fail
Posted by COEH on September 7, 2011
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Network Solutions, a popular domain name registrar, is revealing the real identities of domain name owners even though the they have opted-in and paid for the Network Solutions domain name privacy service. When a domain name is registered, buyers have the option of paying $9.99 per year extra to keep their domain name ownership private. [...]
Google Settles with FTC Complaint Over Google Buzz
Posted by COEH on March 30, 2011
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Google has settled with the FTC over charges that Google did not handle the opt out part of the process when you joined Google Buzz. Google launched Google Buzz as part of Gmail. When you joined Google Buzz, the options for declining or leaving the Google Buzz social network were ineffective. I have more information [...]
Chitika Settles with FTC over Behavioral Ad Targeting
Posted by COEH on March 15, 2011
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The online advertising network Chitika has reached a settlement with the FTC over online ad targeting. The complaint by the FTC was about behavioral ad targeting. You could opt out of Chitika’s behavioral ad targeting, but apparently Chitika had mistakenly set the opt out to 10 days rather than 10 years. Apparently this Chitika FTC [...]
Chase Bank Mining Whois Data, Ignoring Whois Privacy in Pursuit of Credit Card Customers
Posted by COEH on March 3, 2011
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Chase Bank is mining domain name whois data in the pursuit of credit card customers. When they encounter whois privacy on a domain name, they are ignoring it and instead sending the credit card offer to the domain name’s web hosting company instead.
How You Can Allow Search Engines to Index Your Private Facebook Account
Posted by COEH on November 3, 2010
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As you may be aware, Facebook has, very publicly, said that they don’t want search engines like Google and Bing to index your private Facebook profile. I have written prior to about how Facebook has had e-mail privacy problems and all sorts of other privacy problems when it comes towards the information that we place [...]
