On 16/09/13 13:33, Gordon Scott wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-09-16 at 12:23 +0100, Daniel Llewellyn wrote:
>> I think Facebook is probably the worst offender in terms of potential
>> privacy issues in regards to targeted advertising. I'm listed on there
>> as being Single, so Facebook ads have worked out that I obviously want
>> to date an Asian woman or a woman in uniform along with several other
>> dating-related adverts. Neither of these are necessarily true, and
>> presuppose that I want to date at all.
>
> I get similar to those, but I'm not on Facebook or Twitter, or indeed
> most other 'social networking' sites. I suspect those adds target any
> presumed male. I can't tell how good their content targeting is.
>
> But there is an example of where privacy might be as issue.
> Could 'alternatively leaning' targeted advertising cause embarrassment
> or worse.
>
> I guess we've all used search terms that with hindsight can be
> interpreted other than we plan. I run used to run a website about
> wildlife for which I often research "Animals", "wildlife" and so on.
> I used to have to do a _lot_ of post filtering on some searches to
> exclude inappropriate matches.
>
> Gordon.
>
>
>
All this is making me feel isolated. I don't get advertising other than
from firms I've dealt with. Mind you, I have no Twitter or Facebook
accounts.
d:-)
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