Re: Virgin Media Ad Deal - Would you be opting out?
Clearly six people who have voted 'No' so far are happy to have their privacy intruded upon. They have voted no but haven't included their reasons to why they wouldn't mind.
This is like allowing a stranger to read a paper at the same time as you. This like saying you wouldn't bat an eyelid if someone stared into your house through your windows. How strange - but then again we do live in a strange world. |
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haven't voted yet, but, how is this any different to any other contextual based advertising such as google adsense? |
Re: Virgin Media Ad Deal - Would you be opting out?
This is awful and indigitive of the big brother state we are becomming. :mad:
I would opt out/cancel if I were still with VM but how long will it take for the other isp's to cash in? |
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It's a bit naive to believe that your browsing habits are private. Surfing leaves an electronic footprint; ads or no ads.
Schemes like this are designed to cash in on the data that exists. You may avoid targeted ads if you opt out; but opting out to preserve privacy is like closing your eyes to make the big bad wolf go away. |
Re: Virgin Media Ad Deal - Would you be opting out?
I know that if I visit site A Site A will collect some data on my browsing and use of that site. If I visit site B, the same will happen. If I return to site A, that site remembers me, and may offer me some information based on my last visit.
What I so not expect is that having visited site V, I find that site V continues to track my browsing of both visits to site V, but also lets site X know that I'm visiting site A & B, so that site X can tell site C what ad to display when I go there. That isn't privacy in any form whatsoever. For a long while VM, or at least the old NTL Ts& Cs or AUP said they didn't track what what it's users were doing. When did that dissappear and why wasn't I told as to me that is a very significant change in what they, my ISP can do. |
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This is absolutely absurd, how can they be allowed to pass on your details to a 3rd party without your consent? surely this breaks the law under the data protection act?
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Re: Virgin Media Ad Deal - Would you be opting out?
God this is as bad as going down your local shopping centre and having leaflets thrust in your face every 5 steps that you didn't ask for!
As far as I'm aware it's ME that decides what to buy and where to shop not some ad company trying to force unsolicited 'virtual leaflets' in my face! |
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Re: Virgin Media Ad Deal - Would you be opting out?
But the thing is, they say they "store" all the sites you visit & the searches, HOW LONG do they keep the data to make up this "profile"??
For instance, I will come on here, catch up on the new posts & threads, then I will probably close my browser for a bit, remember I need to check something on ebay, then close again, later on I'm back on here catching up, follow any interesting links like news stories & the like, then back here again. Will they track ALL of this, or just the current internet session, and when the browser is closed, so is their "profile"? Quote:
If I wanted people watching what I do online, I'd link up a massive video screen wall in the middle of the town centre so they could watch! Any sort of an update on how to opt-out of this rubbish? Whats the betting their website crashes cos of too many people opting out at once :D :D |
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So, this is different to Google AdSense ?
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This system works by tracking (and presumably keeping a record of) your browsing habits. This is the main problem I have with it. Also, one other thing. How would it cope with public internet access terminals (such as those in Cyber Cafes)? You could go in one, and find that thanks to the viewing habits of those who used the terminal before you, their targetted advertising system sends you ads for hardcore porn, online pharmacies and nazi memorabilia. |
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Internet privacy is an illusion :disturbd: |
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To build a sucessful profile of someone's browsing habits could take a long time, especially for occasional users. |
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