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  Mozilla delays blocking advertisers' cookies in Firefox

  By Adi Robertson on May 17, 2013 05:38 pm + 18 comments

  After announcing that it would soon start blocking cookies from third-party advertisers by default Continue reading…

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  Two men who made millions by scamming eBay's affiliate program now face jail time

  By Chris Welch on May 5, 2013 03:48 pm + 21 comments

  Shawn Hogan and Brian Dunning both became millionaires (multiple times over) by exploiting eBay's Continue reading…

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  Do Not Track: privacy activists face off with the online ad industry

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 1, 2013 10:17 am

  In response to privacy concerns about pervasive online tracking by advertisers and others, Congress Continue reading…

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  Firefox to follow Safari, start blocking cookies from third-party advertisers

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 23, 2013 10:30 pm + 104 comments

  Firefox is set to start blocking cookies from third-party ad networks by default, thanks to a patch Continue reading…

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  How Oreo's rapid-response team lit up Twitter with a Super Bowl blackout ad

  By Vlad Savov on February 4, 2013 10:22 am + 63 comments

  The Super Bowl, America's annual celebration of the gridiron game, tends to be the most expensive Continue reading…

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  Consumer profiles can help advertisers define who you are, but not who you will be

  By Justin Rubio on December 1, 2012 10:53 pm + 11 comments

  More so than ever, marketing agencies are utilizing browser cookies to deliver ads that are Continue reading…

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  Google to pay $22.5 million to settle privacy charges

  By Chris Welch on August 9, 2012 11:39 am + 30 comments

  Google has agreed to pay a $22.5 million penalty to settle FTC privacy charges that the search giant Continue reading…

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  Microsoft persists with Do Not Track default in IE10, builds it into Windows 8 setup

  By Vlad Savov on August 8, 2012 04:08 am + 51 comments

  The last we heard about Microsoft's intention to enable Do Not Track flags in Internet Explorer 10 Continue reading…

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  FCC reportedly approves $22.5 million Google fine for Safari cookie scandal

  By Nathan Ingraham on July 31, 2012 04:58 pm + 34 comments

  We heard that the FCC and Google were near a $22.5 million settlement for Google's part in c Continue reading…

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  Google facing FTC's largest fine ever for circumventing Safari's cookie blocker, says WSJ

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 10, 2012 05:52 am + 111 comments

  Five months after the first news that Google circumvented users’ cookie settings in Apple’s Continue reading…