result #68538 - SPYWARE CREATOR APPOINTED TO FEDERAL PRIVACY BOARD IN U.S. - YOUR THOUGHTS?

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prediction : news related : SPYWARE CREATOR APPOINTED TO FEDERAL PRIVACY BOARD IN U.S. - YOUR THOUGHTS?

[+] ballot by _Beelzebubba
created Thu Feb 24, 05

Homeland Security has named Claria, an adware maker that online publishers once dubbed a parasite, to a federal privacy advisory board.

An executive from Claria, formerly called Gator, will be one of 20 members
of the committee, the department said Wednesday.

In the past, Claria's pop-up ad software has riled some users who claimed it was annoying, installed without permission, and not easy to delete.

Publishers also were irked about pop-up ads for a rival's product appearing
next to their own web sites. Catalog retailer L.L. Bean sued Gator for
alleged trademark infringement.

Claria's representative on the Homeland Security privacy board is company
Vice President D. Reed Freeman, a former Federal Trade Commission staff
attorney. Other members include executives from Intel, Computer Associates International, IBM, Oracle and the Cato Institute.

In February 2003, Gator settled a high-profile case brought by The Washington Post, The New York Times, Dow Jones and other media companies.

From CNET News.com February 23, 2005.

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They couldn't find any spammers	0

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COMMENTS:
Yet another conflict of interest. Wonder how he donated to the Bush campaigns?

by mojo on Thu Feb 24, 05 11:33am [+]

*how MUCH he donated
(didn't mean that to sound risque!!)

by mojo on Thu Feb 24, 05 11:36am [+]

It just gets more brazen every day.

by Cathexis on Thu Feb 24, 05 11:37am [+]

Gatored again!

by Lemmingstraggler on Thu Feb 24, 05 11:54am [+]

Having run afoul of Gator a couple of times the only appointment for them that I would approve of is appointing their backsides to my foot.

by Lemmingstraggler on Thu Feb 24, 05 12:09pm [+]

When they put a pornmeister/ male protsy in the press pit, I pretty much thought that the Bush admin had hit rock bottom. Guess there was a little more room down there.

by Truthseeker013 on Thu Feb 24, 05 5:56pm [+]

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