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  1. Hey, I can't opt out! by DragonHawk · · Score: 3 · on DoubleClick Taken to Court

    When I went to click on that opt-out link, I got a message saying the Internet JunkBuster had blocked that URL.

    Aw, darn. ;-)

  2. Privacy Statement Lies by waldoj · · Score: 3 · on DoubleClick DoubleCross

    Their privacy statement says:

    In the course of delivering an ad to you, DoubleClick does not collect any personally-identifiable information about you, such as your name, address, phone number or email address.

    This, as we now know, is untrue. Granted, they collect it from another server, and not from you, but they still collect it when they send you an ad.

    Liars.

    -Waldo

  3. Click THIS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on DoubleClick DoubleCross

    Are you SURE you want to opt out?

  4. Additional Information & Links by nlvp · · Score: 3 · on DoubleClick DoubleCross
    I did a couple of searches in the discussion and couldn't find any of these links, so I thought I'd supply them.

    DoubleClick's Privacy Policy.

    Information Collected in the Process of Delivering an ad by DoubleClick

    Doub leClick "Opt-Out" Option (how-to)

    info@doubleclick.net email address

  5. Additional Information & Links by nlvp · · Score: 3 · on DoubleClick DoubleCross
    I did a couple of searches in the discussion and couldn't find any of these links, so I thought I'd supply them.

    DoubleClick's Privacy Policy.

    Information Collected in the Process of Delivering an ad by DoubleClick

    Doub leClick "Opt-Out" Option (how-to)

    info@doubleclick.net email address

  6. Additional Information & Links by nlvp · · Score: 3 · on DoubleClick DoubleCross
    I did a couple of searches in the discussion and couldn't find any of these links, so I thought I'd supply them.

    DoubleClick's Privacy Policy.

    Information Collected in the Process of Delivering an ad by DoubleClick

    Doub leClick "Opt-Out" Option (how-to)

    info@doubleclick.net email address

  7. Re:Oh. My. God. by jesser · · Score: 1 · on DoubleClick DoubleCross
    Do you have to opt out for every IP address that you have?

    No, but you need to opt out for every browser you use. I think the opt-out site explains it fairly well - it gets rid of the unique doubleclick cookie in your browser by replacing it with OPT_OUT, and then leaves it there. Hopefully, they won't find other ways to track you once you no longer have a unique cookie.

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  8. Opt out by rjamestaylor · · Score: 1 · on DoubleClick DoubleCross
    Please forgive me for not reading each post to see if this information is already given, but I'm tired tonight and my wife has had a sick baby all day (and it's my turn...see? I'm rambling).

    Here's the DoubleClick answer: Opt Out. Follow this link and get an untraceable cookie.

    At least, that's what they say... They assign you a cookie with the unique id "OPT_OUT" and they leave you alone.

    Of course, my conspiratorial side says that this will only draw their attention to you for closer surveillance....

    :-only kona in my cup-:
    :-robert taylor-:
  9. Re:doubleclick by the+way · · Score: 1 · on DoubleClick DoubleCross

    I believe that internet explorer allows you to set the 'doubleclick' domain to be in its own security zone, and then set that zone to not accept cookies

    That's not necessary. Just click here, which places a special cookie on your computer telling Doubleclick not to give you a personalised cookie.

  10. DoubleClick's Opt-Out program by LonEagle · · Score: 1 · on DoubleClick DoubleCross
    I was considering pasting parts of DoubleClick's "privacy" policy and critiquing them, but it's much easier just to opt out of their little cookie system. They replace their userid string in your cookie with a string: OPT_OUT. If enough people do this, their little database scheme will be worthless... muahahah!

    http://www.doubleclick.net/optout/defau lt.asp

  11. Opt-Out by hernick · · Score: 5 · on DoubleClick DoubleCross

    This is the opt-out link. It will place a cookie on your computer that'll let you opt out of doubleclick's tracking.

    I am the administrator of a few web caches (I use squid) and I've started blocking web ads a while ago, replacing them by one-pixel blank gifs. It probably fixes the problem...

  12. Don't like it? Opt out. by legoboy · · Score: 5 · on Cookies, Ad Banners, and Privacy

    This URL sets a cookie which allows you to opt out of doubleclick.net's tracking. http://ad.doubleclick.net/cgi-bin/optout?

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  13. Re:Windows Hosts/LMHosts Resolution Order by nahdude812 · · Score: 1 · on Doubleclick's Banner Ad Patent

    yeah, but that only resolves for http://doubleclick.net.
    You still have to manually specify each entire hostname you want, i.e. you have to say

    127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad2.doubleclick.net



    Then it'll work. Otherwise you still see the ads. To try it out, make the necessary changes, then try clicking this:
    http://ad.doublecli ck.net/jump/Webnet.smartparentwebnet.com/B22

  14. How much is AltaVista worth? by bloodrat · · Score: 1 · on CMGI Acquires AltaVista

    According to doubleclick.net, which is who leases out the ad space on AltaVista, it gets 1.4 Billion hits per month, which breaks down to something like 46 million per day on average? You can actually check out the price of advertising(and the hit average on listed links) of Altavista at ..

    http://www.doubleclic k.net/advertisers/ad_rates/altavista.htm

    .. But because of the pricing structure it's impossible to say what their income from it may be. Even if the profit on ad's on their site were marginal, say, one tenth of a cent per hit, thats still 1.4 Million a month. Not to mention the deals they have with RealNames, Shopping.com, and the sales from the search engine.