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Comment by 3984574

3 months ago

Look up real-time bidding.

Some context: https://www.classaction.org/news/google-breaks-user-privacy-...

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tmoertel  3 months ago

I read it. It doesn't seem to show that ”google will sell the fact that you visited that porn website to anyone who is interested.” What am I missing?

  • 3984574  3 months ago

    From Google's OpenRTB spec (https://developers.google.com/authorized-buyers/rtb/openrtb-...):

    > Site

    > This object is present in the bid request when the impression will be rendered on a website rather than a non-browser application.

    Contains a "page" field:

    > URL of the page where the impression will be shown with URL parameters removed.

    EDIT: If you don't think that counts as personal info then that's that, just trying to prove GP's claim that Google will happily tell a bunch of advertisers that you're visiting a porn website.

    • ffsm8  3 months ago

      According to that description, it only shows that someone has visited a porn website, not you.

      This kinda invalidats the claim that Google is selling this information about you