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NebuAd Slapped With Privacy Suit
ADOTAS – A lawsuit has been filed against behavioral targeting company NebuAd and six Internet service providers by a group of 15 Web users, according to a report in MediaPost. The plaintiffs allege that the company violated a federal wiretap law, privacy laws and computer fraud law; they are requesting [...] more...
Controversial Phorm Gets Green Light
ADOTAS – As NebuAd continues to feel the sting of defeat over it’s ad-targeting practices in the U.S. (and the loss of several employees and its CEO), competitor Phorm is being given the go-ahead in the U.K. for essentially the same targeting methods. Both companies have been cited for their [...] more...
Hiring Round-Up: NebuAd Defection(!), Kleiner Perkins, Bebo, MLG Properties
ADOTAS – Uh oh … more trouble for NebuAd ahead. Its CEO, Robert Dykes, has jumped ship after spending months defending the company against activists and legislators who charged NebuAd with invading consumers’ privacy online. Following an inquiry in Congress, the ISPs that worked with (or were considering working with) [...] more...
Ma Bell Wants To See Which Ads You’re Clicking
ADOTAS – AT&T is considering monitoring the Web-surfing activities of customers who use its Internet service, according to a report in The New York Times. The company seems particularly interested in tracking users’ display ad viewing habits. As of yet, the company hasn’t systematically tracked users’ online behavior, but it [...] more...
U.S. Lawmakers Query Internet Firms on Ad Targeting
U.S. lawmakers are questioning the biggest U.S. Internet companies about whether they track their customers’ visits online and use the information to tailor Internet advertisements for them. Senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to broadband Internet providers and other online companies on Friday, asking whether they have [...] more...
Charter Drops Plan To Sell Surfing Data To Advertisers
ADOTAS – Internet service provider Charter Communications has backed off of its much-maligned peekaboo plan. Charter aimed to track its subscribers Web-surfing habits to sell to interactive advertisers. Charter was slated to fork over the data to start-up NebuAd in a deal that had come under fire from privacy groups, [...] more...
NebuAd Predictions For 2008
With the busy holiday season behind us, and as our families clean up the decorations, and our finance departments reconcile the Actions and Dollars from what I hope was as great a season for all of you as it was for my family and for NebuAd, I wanted to share [...] more...
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