Doubleclick Clear of FTC Probe

Posted by michael on Tuesday January 23, 2001 @05:39AM from the see-no-evil dept.

innertruth writes "Cnet has an article about FTC dropping its probe into DoubleClick privacy practices. Without the FCC looking over their sholder now we have to wonder what they really will do with all the information they've collected online and that offline database they now have." The FTC's letter ending their investigation has more information. Keep in mind that the FTC has a very narrow mandate: "Is Doubleclick doing something different than what they say?" So as long as Doubleclick states their practices accurately - whether they are or are not linking the household information from Abacus with the click information from Doubleclick's network - then the FTC's role is ended.

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Re:Read the fine print by dervish121 · 2001-01-23 01:20 · Score: 5

If a company asks for your phone number and you they don't really need it, say you don't have a phone...

I tried that, but they didn't believe me. I finally became so pissed off at her insistance that I hung up.

That was over two weeks ago, and I'm starting to suspect that my pizza isn't on the way...