They can identify you in regards to sites you visit, but they aren't
harvesting your personal information. No different than what retail stores
do when they ask you for your zip code or your phone number and whatnot.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Lawrence Lustig
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 9:28 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: IF VB IS SO GOOD WHY ARE YOU USING RBASE!
> A cookie is not kept for the purpose of collecting personal information
for
> a company. A cookie contains information that allows a webserver to
> remember settings/info you entered at that site. If a cookie were to
store
> your information for a company, why would they store it on *your* machine?
The ad services use cookies to assemble a database of information about you
from all the different web sites you visit that feature their ads. By
storing a cookie in your browser they are able to identify you everytime one
of their ads is loaded into your browser, thus allowing them to aggregate
data across what you might believe to be unrelated visits to web pages.
--
Larry
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