Instinctive (instinctiveads.com)
“Capture consumer attention through content syndication and native advertising. At scale, in real-time.” – Source
Variety magazine, pictured on Instinctive’s web site, capturing consumer attention and violating your privacy as a customer of Instinctive’s tracking services. – Ed.
Ethical design violations
(Learn more about Ethical Design.)
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tracker
Monetises you.
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web bug
Invisible tracking pixel.
Block rule
Block domain instinctiveads.com
instinctiveads.com
Prevalence
Moderate: found on 0.1% of surveyed sites (9 instances observed).
Notes
- Domain forwards to https://instinctive.io
- “As part of our ad delivery and reporting, we log page views and collect information for the purpose of delivering ads or providing advertising-related services, including providing a specific advertisement based on a particular type of browser or time of day; statistical reporting in connection with the activity on a website; and tracking the number of ads served on a particular day to a particular website. To do so, we collect information about the type of browser and operating system of website visitors, as well as the domain name, day and time of visit, and page(s) visited. We do so across multiple web domains owned or operated by different entities” Source
- “‘Web beacons’ are electronic files used to track your navigation of a website or collection of sites, the completion of transactions, submittal of applications and browsing behavior.” Source
- “Instinctive may use and share your information … While Instinctive strongly encourages its advertising customers, service providers, partners, and members of the Instinctive Publisher Network to adopt responsible approaches to online marketing, Instinctive is not responsible for the information practices of any of third party entities referenced in this paragraph, which may use the information we share with them for the same purposes as we use the information, or for their own independent purposes. The collection, use, and disclosure of information by clients and partners are subject to their respective privacy policies, which may differ from this Privacy Policy.” Source
- “Please be aware that the Sites of our advertiser clients as well as the Sites on which we place advertisements or any Site linked to from one of our websites also may collect information from you. Such information may include non-personally identifiable information through the use of cookies and other technology and any personally identifiable information you may choose to give in registering and transacting with such website. Although we choose our business partners and clients carefully, Instinctive is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites operated by such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of such websites you visit to determine how they handle any information they collect from you.” Source
About Better
Better is a Safari content blocker for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It protects you from trackers and malvertising by enforcing the principles of Ethical Design.