Vindico by Time, Inc. (vindicosuite.com)
“People-based ad serving across devices” – Source
Ethical design violations
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tracker
Monetises you.
Block rule
Block domain vindicosuite.com
vindicosuite.com
Prevalence
Moderate: found on 0.3% of surveyed sites (25 instances observed).
Notes
- Owned by Vindico which is a Viant company. Source
- Viant is a Time, Inc. company. Source
- “Powered by Viant’s registered user database of over 1.2 billion people, Vindico enables marketers to manage true reach and frequency, gain unparalleled consumer insights, and measure online and in-store ROI and attribution across all devices.” Source
- “Digital ad management based on real people, not cookies” Source
- “We receive and collect information when you use our services or otherwise interact with our advertising, analytics and other services. This interaction may occur on websites owned or controlled by us or by third-parties, supported mobile devices, consumer electronics devices, and on other online or technical mechanisms or devices.” Source
- “Cookies, pixels, unique identifiers and other web technologies. We use cookies, pixels, unique identifiers and other web technologies when you interact with services we offer to our partners, such as our advertising and analytics services. We may also use web crawlers, embedded scripts and user panels to verify ad execution and to collect other data on ads that you see, including where you see them, how they are displayed and for how long they are displayed.” Source
- Definition of User Panel: “Panel of internet users that agree to anonymous recording of their ad exposure activity as they browse the web and are exposed to video and display advertisements in exchange for free software and services such as browser toolbars, games, and applications that provide information services such as weather, travel, news.” Source
- “Information from affiliates. We may receive information from our affiliates regarding your use of our services not covered by this Privacy Policy, such as information regarding the contents of your Myspace profile (such as your email address, IP address, age, gender, Myspace connections and location). We may combine data from one service with information from our other services, and with information we receive from our affiliates and third parties.” Source
- “Information from third parties. We partner with third-parties to improve our services and to allow us to provide services through mobile and other consumer electronics devices. These third parties may provide us with certain information, including automatically collected information such as IP address, device type, operating system, and, in some cases, a unique identifier, hashed email address, or hashed mobile ID (e.g., Apple IDFA or Android advertising ID), as well as location-based data such as Wi-Fi, cell tower, GPS or diagnostic location information, contextual information, and demographic information including age, gender and zip code.” Source
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