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Of course, someone who enters the Internet is
first and foremost responsible to guard his or her
own privacy. If one leaves one's e-mail address
everywhere, one can be sure that one's e-mail will
be filled with spam. But it is also the
responsibility of a website, to at least provide
information to the visitors and respect their
privacy as much as possible. That's why the
Dubroom has a
special page on privacy in the FAQ section.
On this page, you will also find information
about the advertizements on the Dubroom. As you
may know, these advertizements are brought by the
mediation of Google and help towards keeping the
site free of charge.
Not everyone sees the same advertizement,
though. When you are not English of native tongue,
for example, you might see an ad in your own
language. This is done through the fact that
cookies are stored on your computer which tells
you a bit about your browsing history. You can
turn off these cookies, by the way.
Just recently, Google informed the
websites that joined the AdSense network, that
they will soon install "Interest Based Advertising",
or DART . In short, this program will make use of
just about everything you do on the Internet and
you will be categorized in special interest
groups. For more information about DART, CLICK
HERE.
Even though this is good news for
the websites that are part of AdSense, it is
potentially bad news for your privacy. To make a
choice here, isn't that hard, and that is why the
Dubroom opted out of this DART program.
There is also something you can do
to make sure that your browsing behavior is not registered
by DART either. After all, The Dubroom is just a
little, tiny place in a huge and large universe
called Cyberspace. If you want to make sure that
also these sites that did not opt out of DART
(probably the most) you can also opt out of it
yourself. For that you have to visit the Google
Privacy page.
One Love, Give Thanks
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)
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