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Old 01-15-20, 07:27 PM  
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No thank you, based upon their privacy policies:

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Personal Information We Collect


When you use our Services, we automatically collect the following information about you (collectively referred to as “Personal Information”):

Your device information which includes, but is not limited to, information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device
Individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Service, and information about how you interact with the Service
Your first and last name
Your email address
Your username associated with your Apple ID or Google Account
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How do we use your Personal Information?


We may use your personal information in several ways:

Serve you advertising from our advertising partners;
Provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services;
Store your product analysis and search history on the Service;
Screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address); and
To improve and optimize our Service (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Service, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
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Sharing your Personal Information


We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Service. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.



Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.



As described above, we may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/un...w-does-it-work.



You can opt out of targeted advertising here:

Google - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous



Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.



Do not track
Please note that we do not alter our Service’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
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Old 01-15-20, 09:50 PM  
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No thank you, based upon their privacy policies:
Yikes! Guess their entire business model is something I can't support.
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Old 01-15-20, 09:58 PM  
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No thank you, based upon their privacy policies
Lannette, I'm lost..your excerpts of policy are associated with what site?
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Old 01-16-20, 02:43 AM  
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Many websites and most apps collect and share tons of information on people. Since Europe and California passed privacy laws, websites are revealing more about what they collect and share. Every site plants cookies. The New York Times has a series called The Privacy Project, and it is very illuminating!
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Old 01-16-20, 05:09 AM  
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Lannette, I'm lost..your excerpts of policy are associated with what site?
Fakespot.com
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Old 01-16-20, 05:17 AM  
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Many websites and most apps collect and share tons of information on people. Since Europe and California passed privacy laws, websites are revealing more about what they collect and share. Every site plants cookies. The New York Times has a series called The Privacy Project, and it is very illuminating!
I think every site does but if I’m reading correctly fakespot uses the info the collect from you to target you with ads. I knew there had to be a trade off - there always is.

It’s not that hard to spot fake reviews, especially with a newly listed product. Often you see multiple reviews on the same day with similar descriptions. On amazon you can sort for verified purchases. Fake reviews that are rated low often mention a better product to buy.
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Old 01-16-20, 01:07 PM  
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No thank you, based upon their privacy policies...
Nice detective work, Lannette!

I have Ghostery, AdBlocker Plus and have the strongest settings on FireFox to block ads and cookies. I clear my cache after every browsing session. I block so much stuff that sometimes websites don't even work, LOL!

Still, there is no total/guaranteed escape from privacy invasion.
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Old 01-16-20, 02:01 PM  
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Nice detective work, Lannette!

I have Ghostery, AdBlocker Plus and have the strongest settings on FireFox to block ads and cookies. I clear my cache after every browsing session. I block so much stuff that sometimes websites don't even work, LOL!

Still, there is no total/guaranteed escape from privacy invasion.
It’s the fact that they tell you that they ignore “Do Not Track” signals that really bothers me. I also kind of think the private stuff they’re collecting is more important than giving us any supremely dependable info on reviews.
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Old 01-16-20, 02:20 PM  
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On an iPhone, how can you see what cookies have been loaded to your phone and how can they be deleted? TIA!
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I used Brave web browser -- https://brave.com/ -- and DuckDuckGo as my search engine -- https://duckduckgo.com/

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