Change In Google Adsense Policiy

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Received this email from G:

Hi,

We're writing to let you know about the upcoming launch of interest-based advertising, which will require you to review and make any necessary changes to your site's privacy policies. You'll also see some new options on your Account Settings page.

Interest-based advertising will allow advertisers to show ads based on a user's previous interactions with them, such as visits to advertiser website and also to reach users based on their interests (e.g. "sports enthusiast"). To develop interest categories, we will recognize the types of web pages users visit throughout the Google content network. As an example, if they visit a number of sports pages, we will add them to the "sports enthusiast" interest category. To learn more about your associated account settings, please visit the AdSense Help Center at http://www.google.com/adsense/suppor...py?topic=20310.

As a result of this announcement, your privacy policy will now need to reflect the use of interest-based advertising. Please review the information at https://www.google.com/adsense/suppo...?answer=100557 to ensure that your site's privacy policies are up-to-date, and make any necessary changes by April 8, 2009. Because publisher sites and laws vary across countries, we're unfortunately unable to suggest specific privacy policy language.

For more information about interest-based advertising, you can also visit the Inside AdSense Blog at Inside AdSense: Driving monetization with ads that reach the right audience.

We appreciate your participation and look forward to this upcoming enhancement.

Sincerely,

The Google AdSense Team
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan700
    Originally Posted by Vijay M View Post

    Received this email from G:

    As a result of this announcement, your privacy policy will now need to reflect the use of interest-based advertising.
    Do I need one on my blog? If I do can someone suggest a simple one or point me in the direction of one I can copy?
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  • I was a bit worried when I got that email. Note that one link is "http" and the other full link is "https" for AdSense Support.

    Heh, thought it was a phishing scam...
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave OSullivan
    Originally Posted by Ryan700 View Post

    Do I need one on my blog? If I do can someone suggest a simple one or point me in the direction of one I can copy?
    The amendments you need to make to your privacy policy are outlined here:

    https://www.google.com/adsense/suppo...?answer=100557

    Dave.
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    • Profile picture of the author Ryan700
      Originally Posted by Dave OSullivan View Post

      The amendments you need to make to your privacy policy are outlined here:

      https://www.google.com/adsense/suppo...?answer=100557

      Dave.
      Thanks for the link. The ones in my email gave me errors.
      Here is the example they showed on that page. I just want to know what I should link "click here" to.

      We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.
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      • Profile picture of the author jkt777
        I think it should link to here:

        Advertising and Privacy ? Google Privacy Center

        Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

        Joel

        Originally Posted by Ryan700 View Post

        Thanks for the link. The ones in my email gave me errors.
        Here is the example they showed on that page. I just want to know what I should link "click here" to.

        We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.
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  • Profile picture of the author anth.elias
    If you Google privacy policy generator the first result is a nice little website that allows you to generate one, you can have it email to you or it will generate a HTML page, I would post the link here but I guess to little to post links?
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