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Even the Ad Industry Doesn't Know Who's Tracking You
jfruh writes "The Internet advertising industry is keen to stave off government privacy rules and opt-in-only browsers by loudly proclaiming its adherence to a self-imposed code of conduct. Yet a little digging shows that even "self-regulated" advertisers link to services that link to other services that nobody's really sure what they do. That's why, for instance, when you visit a page on the Sears website, your web browsing behavior is being collected by a company that sells ringtones and won't return emails asking about their privacy policy."
And that is why Ghostery and other such tools should be used until all tracking is banned.
Apparently you missed the part where they're stunningly incapable of self regulating.
Self regulation is corporate speak for "let us do whatever the hell we want and leave us alone".
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
It lets the sites set their cookies, waits a few seconds (or until tab is closed), then nukes 'em. There's a whitelist for sites you actually use.
https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/addon/self-destructing-cookies/
I like this solution because you don't have to wait for Ghostery to add support for an advertiser, or an updated filter definition for adblock. EVERYTHING gets nuked, except the sites you care enough about to whitelist. It's a better default cookie policy.