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FTC To Examine Targeted Advertising

Posted by kdawson on from the time-to-clean-up-those-lists dept.

narramissic writes "Following a series of complaints by privacy groups, the FTC has announced plans to host a two-day forum on targeted advertising at the beginning of November in Washington, DC. It's the first time since 2000 that the agency has looked at industry practices in this area. They hope to learn how Web advertising firms protect the personal data they collect, how they notify consumers about that data, and whether the data is sold to or used by other firms." The FTC page for the event ia here. Sign up by September 14 if you want to be a panelist or to recommend topics for discussion.

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  1. Hosts file - don't surf without it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

    No need for a popup blocker when the ad site host name goes into the bit bucket.

    1. Re:Hosts file - don't surf without it by The+Hobo · · Score: 2, Informative

      Adblock Plus + an auto-updating filter = I don't know how I used the web without it

      http://adblockplus.org/en/

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      There is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men. -- Boondock Saints