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Amazon Snooping Your Surfing For Targeted Ads?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the shoulder-surfing-retailers dept.

Jewfro_Macabbi writes, "Recently after browsing major online retailers for Bluetooth adapters, I went to Amazon.com to find front-page ads for, you guessed it, Bluetooth adapters. Disable cookies, the ads go away; re-enable cookies and the ads re-appear. The EULA is ambiguous as usual. Try it for yourself and see."

2 of 124 comments (clear)

  1. A9 or Alexa Toolbar by HTMLSpinnr · · Score: 4, Informative

    I wonder if the original submitter happens to browse with the A9 or Alexa toolbars enabled? Both are subsidiaries of Amazon.com. One would need to review their EULA's though to see if said info can be used to target shopping ads from their own site.

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  2. I was looking at this the other day... by Lord+Prox · · Score: 4, Informative

    I am building a website on website traffic tips n tricks and stumbled upon this...
    Retargeting
    I am 90% sure that this is what they are doing or some variation thereof. Inexpensive service that should work well.




    Place a curse in the RIAA/MPAA.