User: hadr1an77

Re:I for one... A call to the Google Co.

On: Outcry Over Google's Purchase of Doubleclick

This is nonsense. From trustix.com:

A company can also use the bugs to tie cookie histories to personal identifying information, such as your phone number and address. In fact, a California woman sued DoubleClick for just that behavior. The company bought another firm, Abacus Direct, which holds detailed consumer profiles on more than 90 percent of U.S. households. DoubleClick cross-referenced its spyware results with that database to compile surprisingly personal profiles First of all, DoubleClick (or rather their former holding company) sold off Abacus months ago. Second, the topic of "cross-referencing" was covered in an extremely expensive lawsuit between 2000-2002, the result of which stated unequivocally that the two datasets would never be linked together. DoubleClick may as well be the Teflon Don when it comes to these kinds of lawsuits -- the charges don't stick in the end.