Stumbled across this wicked add-on for Firefox today, it shows how websites track your internet browsing and graphs it in a really cool and intuitive way.
Collusion for Firefox
Collusion for Firefox
Collusion for Firefox
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Yes, it is. We do not use any tracking on an individual user basis here though. I just thought you guys would appreciate knowing that.
We do drop a cookie into your browser to keep you logged in if you checked the "Keep me logged in" box, or whatever it's labeled.
I appreciate it it too.
My younger nephews feel I'm too old fashioned about my privacy. They have grown up using Facebook and other social media, Google, and others and seem all to ready to surrender their personal information to any company. :evil:
There is only one ad network company here, Quantcast.
http://www.quantcast.com/
Two years ago they got spanked for using a program that restored deleted cookies. They got fined and fixed the problem. Here is their corporate spin.
http://www.quantcast.com/inside-quantcast/2010/12/reaffirming-our-commitment-to-consumer-choice-and-control/
Still, I don't trust any of them.
On the otherhand, I am not trying to make my living from a web business and would likely have a different view if it was affecting my livlihood.
My younger nephews feel I'm too old fashioned about my privacy. They have grown up using Facebook and other social media, Google, and others and seem all to ready to surrender their personal information to any company. :evil:
There is only one ad network company here, Quantcast.
http://www.quantcast.com/
Two years ago they got spanked for using a program that restored deleted cookies. They got fined and fixed the problem. Here is their corporate spin.
http://www.quantcast.com/inside-quantcast/2010/12/reaffirming-our-commitment-to-consumer-choice-and-control/
Still, I don't trust any of them.
On the otherhand, I am not trying to make my living from a web business and would likely have a different view if it was affecting my livlihood.
From a marketer's standpoint, the internet isn't a private place. It is public domain. That being said it is important not to cross ethical lines. A browser that you choose to use seems to me not to be crossing the lines, though. I don't like it myself, but don't know if it's unethical. As a marketer I would never want to work for a company who did such monitoring because it doesn't quite sit right with me.
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