MetaFilter posts tagged with doubleclick and privacy

jpoulos — Mon, 26 Nov 2001 08:49:19 -0800

Unknowingly sending all your personal finance information through the servers of a sleazy ad service: Priceless. Do you pay your AMEX bill online at americanexpress.com? If you do, you should know that you're being ported through the ad.doubleclick.net advertising service. Mouse over the links on the AMEX homepage and see. All your information travels through doubleclick's servers on its way to AMEX. Nice, huh?

mathowie — Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:22:37 -0800

FTC ends investigation of DoubleClick and finds no evidence of wrongdoing. I don't know about you, but I feel cheated. Don't forget to opt out of their cookie-bending racket.

Ms Snit — Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:24:10 -0800

Forget about privacy on the net. If you thought that being tracked by Doubleclick was a grosse invasion of privacy, imagine what it would be like if your employer was given open access to your home computer.

mrmorgan — Wed, 08 Mar 2000 09:59:57 -0800

I'll believe this when DoubleClick changes their darn policy. Sure, they've also recently said they'll postpone their new identifying database. How about to "never"?

jjg — Tue, 25 Jan 2000 13:35:57 -0800

Net advertising behemoth DoubleClick has been quietly buying up marketing databases to allow it to match up your DoubleClick cookie with your name and address. Time to opt out.