Datonics (pro-market.net)
“Datonics is a[n] … advertising technology company that provides a service to both consumers and the online advertising community by presenting consumers who are surfing the Internet … with relevant ads.” – Source
Ethical design violations
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tracker
Monetises you.
Block rule
Block domain pro-market.net
pro-market.net
Prevalence
Moderate: found on 0.5% of surveyed sites (36 instances observed).
Notes
- A whois lookup shows pro-market.net is owned by Datonics at datonics.com:
Registrant Name: Datonics, LLC … Admin Email: apinhasi@datonics.com - “Leverage data from Datonics taxonomy consisting of behavioral, life-stage, search and demographic data spanning across major verticals to granular, niche segments.” Source
- Datonics’ Technology Privacy Policy
- “This information is typically collected:
- When a user enters a word or phrase into an online search engine where our technology is used;
- When a user conducts an online search for a product or service at a website where our technology is used;
- While a user visits certain websites where our technology is used and/or views certain content while online;
- When Datonic obtains demographic information (e.g., area code, city, gender, age) from our data partners.” Source
- “It is also worth noting that Datonics does not store collected information that includes searches about or visits to adult and gambling sites regardless of their commercial value to advertisers.” Source [It’s interesting to see where corporations like Datonics draw the line… - Ed.]
- “The information collected by Datonics is checked for its commercial value. Information found to be of value is stored both in its raw form as well as its categorized form.” Source
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