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DoubleClick Settles Privacy Investigation

Posted by michael on from the nothing-to-see-here-move-along dept.

guttentag writes "DoubleClick ended the 30-month probe into its business practices with an agreement to pay $450,000 for the investigative costs of the states and 'consumer education.' It also agreed to allow a third-party to audit it for compliance with its privacy policy for four years and give individuals access to their profiles. However, it will continue to use to track users with cookies. The Washington Post also has an article, but it is conspicuously missing the standard disclosure statement that informs readers of The Post's business relationship with DoubleClick." Well, let me be sure to point out then that Slashdot also serves Doubleclick ads. If you recall, this all started when Doubleclick merged with a database company and announced plans to merge its online and offline databases.

9 of 99 comments (clear)

  1. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i have had two, and now i thought i had three! i guess not.

  2. Session cookies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just configure your browser not to save cookies over a session. That way the double click server is allocating you a new cookie several times a day. Hahahahahahahaha.

  3. Bank of America? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The ATM did it...

  4. Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Doubleclickse.cx Laywer said we needed a warning, so if your under 18 or find this cookie offensive please don't eat it thank you

    profile=49404F50443j54
    Expires=9999-12-31
    INTR ESTSTRING=444033

    [ doubleclick ] [ micrsoft ad ] [ contrib ]

    (a goatse.cx parody of double click :))

  5. DoubleClick Hiaku (I'm lame..) by Jearil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    DoubleClick panics
    To be cool like microsoft
    Pretend innocence

    Users profiles
    Now open to the public
    Cause mob to delete

    1. Re:DoubleClick Hiaku (I'm lame..) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes, yes you are.

  6. W00t! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Umbongo, Umbongo,
    'dey drink it in 'de congo!

  7. Slashdot: The register's comment board by Anonymous+Sniper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot: The register's news from yesterday, now with Comments(tm).

    It's a pity that slashdot can't (won't) at least link to them - they have good articles, written by people who at least appear to have some common sense, and actually Check The Facts (learn that one, Boys!)

  8. Here's more doubleclick servers from my hosts file by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    127.0.0.1 ad.ca.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad.es.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad.fr.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad.it.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad.jp.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad.kr.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad.nl.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad.nl.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad.no.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad.se.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 ad.uk.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 impnl.tradedoubler.com
    127.0.0.1 ln.doubleclick.net
    127.0.0.1 m.doubleclick.net