2006-12-26 00:50:31 · 7 answers · asked by eyegub 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
You decide if it is spyware.....
The suit was filed in California Superior Court, Marin County, by attorneys representing Hariett Judnick and seeking to represent the public in the state of California.
New York-based DoubleClick declined to comment. "Typically we do not comment on any lawsuits going on at DoubleClick," a company spokeswoman said.
The lawsuit alleges that DoubleClick employs sophisticated computer tracking technology, known as cookies, to identify Internet users and collect personal information without their consent as they travel around the Web.
The suit comes just a month after DoubleClick completed its $1.7 billion acquisition of Abacus Direct, a direct marketing company. The merger was unsuccessfully challenged by privacy advocates, who worried that the deal would chip away at the fragile privacy of consumers on the Internet.
"Based on previous experience...these class-action lawyers follow privacy advocates like ambulance chasers," said Jason Catlett, founder of Junkbusters, a resource site for privacy-protection measures. "I think it is inevitable that we will see more suits filed."
Catlett said he believes that DoubleClick's strategic plans for Abacus are at this point deeply entwined with compiling consumer profiles.
"I don't know how DoubleClick can back down after having painted (itself) into a corner with the (Abacus) acquisition," he said.
Earlier this week, DoubleClick confirmed it is forming alliances with Web sites across the Net to create a network that will allow it to track surfers' personal data and shopping habits.
DoubleClick's new privacy policy states that the company plans to use this information to build a database profiling consumers. The database will include consumers' names; addresses; retail, catalog and online purchase histories; and demographic data, according to the policy.
2006-12-26 01:01:41 · answer #1 · answered by rlh242424 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not. Cookies and spyware don't have a lot to do with each other. A cookie is a tiny text file placed on your computer to let the site identify you as you browse through it. Spyware is typically a malicious program that sends your personal data to the program's author. Cookies are not programs and cannot steal any data..
2006-12-26 08:53:15 · answer #2 · answered by newyorkerx 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2014-08-28 20:14:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be a spyware. Better to be on safeside. You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. You insatll a standard antivirus soft ware such as Norton, AVG , Avast ( free antivirus software and Ad-aware, Ewido ( free spyware removers). You can download free softwares at
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2006-12-27 01:23:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
rlh242424 answered this question very thoroughly. doubleclick is indeed a tracking cookie. I clean it out every day with SpyBot and/or Ad-Aware. It is intrusive and annoying. Harmless? Maybe! But I don't want their crap in my computer!
2006-12-26 12:27:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not care how Innocent those company's claim they are . I paid for my computer and pay for the service and feel that I deserve privacy. If they want to pay for my service. That could be a different story.
2006-12-26 09:33:45 · answer #6 · answered by wmf936 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, it is a tracking cookie.
2006-12-26 08:52:02 · answer #7 · answered by fade_this_rally 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋