Just saw this on their Website:
Blinkx is totally against the principles behind spyware and adware. User's usage of the Internet is private to them and should never be passed on or used by third parties.
Blinkx makes no such record of usage and users remain anonymous to us. We consider Pop ups are an intrusion and Blinkx will not utilize such methods. We also believe that any suggestions links or search results should not be tainted by paid inclusion. Such practices mean that users cannot differentiate between links there on merit and because of payment.
Blinkx does serve commercial suggestions on its clearly marked shopping channel which users can elect to ignore or disable. We use the income from this to fund our service.
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Just saw this on their Website: Blinkx is totally against the principles behind spyware and adware. User's usage of the Internet is private to them and should never be passed on or used by third parties. Blinkx makes no such record of usage and users remain anonymous to us. We consider Pop ups are an intrusion and Blinkx will not utilize such methods. We also believe that any suggestions links or search results should not be tainted by paid inclusion. Such practices mean that users cannot differentiate between links there on merit and because of payment. Blinkx does serve commercial suggestions on its clearly marked shopping channel which users can elect to ignore or disable. We use the income from this to fund our service.