Search Details

Word: doubleclicks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

That's why privacy advocates are so nervous about DoubleClick. Not only is the New York City-based company the 500-lb. gorilla of online advertising--serving banner ads to 1,800 commercial sites that represent nearly 50% of all Web traffic--but it also has ambitious plans to merge its massive database of consumer surfing habits with off-line data culled from catalog purchases. That would enable it to match what had been anonymous mouse clicks to real names and addresses--shredding whatever thin veil of privacy still hangs over cyberspace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The News: Data Mining: DoubleClick's Double Take | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

First | Previous | 1 | 2 | | Last