On 8/31/2014, 2:04 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:
Earthednet-wp <prothero@...> writes:
An attorney relative of mine is a lawyer who specializes in "Drunk while
driving" cases. He found that when
he sent emails to his clients using gmail, with the word "DUI", his
clients, on their webmail pages, had ads
for "DUI" lawyers (his competitors) on their browser pages. Needless to
say, he stopped using that word. I
guess that's the price of a free email service: marketing based on your
LOL. Google is its own worst enemy sometimes.
You can turn off targeted marketing in Google's settings. I did that
immediately after setting up the account and I haven't seen anything
targeted to me (it's turned on by default, of course.) I also stay
logged out of Google except when specifically using one of their web
services, my profile contains almost nothing, and I don't participate in
Google+.
There's a way to check who Google thinks you are and what interests you.
I wish I could find the link again. When I last checked, it thought I
was a 35 year old male. I'm not sure about the male part, but I'd love
to be 35.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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