Lijit, Inc. by Sovrn(lijit.com)
“Understand your audience. Engage your readers. Make more money.” – Source
I think we just collectively threw up in our mouths a little – Ed.
Surveillance is big business. – Ed.
This tracker proudly brought to you by… Sovrn’s customers include MotherJones, The Onion, and Think Progress. Take a bow for enabling surveillance capitalism, folks. – Ed.
Ethical design violations
(Learn more about Ethical Design.)
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tracker
Monetises you.
Block rule
Block domain lijit.com
lijit.com
Prevalence
High: found on 2.8% of surveyed sites (207 instances observed).
Notes
- Lijit… could literally not sound more legit. – Ed.
- “By using the Lijit Services, we may collect information about you and use and disclose such information” Source
- “We may also enable advertisers and ad servers to promote third party products and/or services by placing advertisements on the Lijit Services and Publisher sites. These advertisers and ad servers may use Cookies and/or “Web Beacons” (which are usually small, transparent graphic images) in order to monitor information related to served advertisements. Clicking on such advertisements will direct you to the website of a third party and the advertiser. This Privacy Policy does not cover the privacy practices of any advertisers or ad servers.” Source
- “We may receive Personal Information about you from other sources like telephone or fax, from third parties that provide services for us in connection with the Lijit Services, or from third parties that you add to your network. We may add this information to the information we have already collected from you via the Lijit Services.” Source
- Privacy policy
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.