Sizmek (serving-sys.com)
“Open ad management ” – Source
Ethical design violations
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tracker
Monetises you.
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web bug
Invisible tracking pixel.
Block rule
Block domain serving-sys.com
serving-sys.com
Prevalence
High: found on 1.6% of surveyed sites (120 instances observed).
Notes
- Owned by Sizmek Technologies Inc. Source
- “Through our services, our customers – advertisers, advertising agencies, publishers, and other users – may collect and use information about you” Source
- “Sizmek’s technology is deployed on third party websites and mobile applications to collect information that may be used for online ad tailoring purposes” Source
- “Sizmek’s technology employs cookies and similar technologies (like pixels and statistical device identifiers) to collect information about your browser or device, the sites it has visited, the advertisements served to it, interactions with those advertisements, and the approximate geographic location of the device’s internet service provider (‘behavioral information‘)” Source
- Behavioural information “may be shared with our customers and Sizmek’s and our customers’ partners for their lawful advertising purposes.” Source
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