Comments on: What Do Behavioral Targeters Know About You?

By: PriceManiacs

PriceManiacs — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:19:22 +0000

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By: Carriers Have a Hunch There’s Money in User Data: Tech News «

Carriers Have a Hunch There’s Money in User Data: Tech News « — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:05:42 +0000

[...] are already acquiring data through scraping websites, working through information bureaus and tapping behavioral data providers like BlueKai. The carrier data is especially attractive because it includes a lot of insight into the lives of [...]

By: Esther Dyson: Privacy Is a Marketing Problem: Tech News «

Esther Dyson: Privacy Is a Marketing Problem: Tech News « — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:01:38 +0000

[...] for HTML5 and Metered Data? Web sites and advertisers need to get their act together, and the complicated messaging they are starting to offer about what information behavioral targeters are tracking isn’t going to cut it, Dyson said. [...]

By: My First Social Media Scare

My First Social Media Scare — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:18:15 +0000

[...] two-thirds of iPhone users are now using location-based services at least once a week. Behavioral targeters show me ads of items I’ve just looked at on Overstock and now Facebook’s intruding on [...]

By: Facebook’s Instant Personalization Is the Real Privacy Problem

Facebook’s Instant Personalization Is the Real Privacy Problem — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:07:38 +0000

[...] was safe to assume you were anonymous until you actively logged into a site. But in recent years, behavioral advertisers have started following us around as we browse, using cookies about where we’ve been to [...]

By: roger_tee

roger_tee — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:53:09 +0000

There is a simple solution to core problem of consumer tracking. Put consumer's in control by giving them ownership of all the data advertisers use to decide what products/services ads that consumer sees. But advertisers and marketing professionals aren't going to like it because all the expertise and technology they've developed on how to guess what people want based click behavior, past purchases and demographic info becomes fully obsolete.

Why guess at what people want to buy when you could use modern technology to just let them tell you. duh!

By: אסכולת הכורסא » "אבל מה אם אני אזרח שומר חוק?"

אסכולת הכורסא » "אבל מה אם אני אזרח שומר חוק?" — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:11:39 +0000

[...] תמימים יקרים, אתם שכחתם פשוט שאתם כבר עכשיו בחברת מעקב. מפרסמים בארה"ב אוספים תיק עובדות התנהגויות על אנשים ואני מניח שבארץ נתחיל לראות דברים דומים. אם אתם קצת [...]

By: Also Anon

Also Anon — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:24:34 +0000

BlueKai gets the vast majority of its data from a few sites -- in particular: eBay, Kayak, Expedia. eBay is selling your searching/buying data to anyone who wants it... one cookie at a time.

By: Network Musings, Feb 05, 2010 | Alde's Stuff

Network Musings, Feb 05, 2010 | Alde's Stuff — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:57:00 +0000

[...] Behavioral targeting and Ad Clearing houses are the next realm of ad delivery. [...]

By: WD

WD — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:15:10 +0000

None of the information they provided was correct. My thinking is they are just 'pre-selecting' some items to show based on people that are marketing with them in the hopes someone selects one.