{"id":26865,"date":"2006-11-02T01:33:16","date_gmt":"2006-11-02T01:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adpunch.org\/?p=7605"},"modified":"2020-05-15T09:03:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T09:03:52","slug":"microsofts-advertising-service-comes-under-scanner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/ai-marketing\/microsofts-advertising-service-comes-under-scanner","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s advertising service comes under scanner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cb7893cca652c40442fc9786b3b91706\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drprem.com\/contact\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drprem.com\/digital-marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/Dr-Prem-Digital-Healthcare-Marketing.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Prem Digital Healthcare Marketing\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adpunch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/adcenter_25.jpg\" alt=\"adcenter 25\" title=\"adcenter 25\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a recent development, two consumer advocacy groups have asked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Federal Trade Commission<\/a> to investigate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a> and other web based companies as they have alleged that these companies are using &#8216;unfair and deceptive&#8217; business practices. Both the groups have argued that these practices violate consumer privacy and they are using unfair means to collect data about their customers.<\/p><div class=\"cb7893cca652c40442fc9786b3b91706\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drprem.com\/contact\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drprem.com\/digital-marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/Dr-Prem-Digital-Healthcare-Web-Development.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Prem Web Design and Development\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The complaint has been filed by The Center for Digital Democracy and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspirg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Public Interest Research Group<\/a>. The complaint made to the FTC has specifically asked the watchdog to investigate Microsoft&#8217;s use of customer data collection in the company&#8217;s web advertising service, adCenter. The adCenter service is at present experimenting with contextual advertising based on customer&#8217;s web habits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/01\/AR2006110102962.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a>    \t<\/p>\n<div class=\"cb7893cca652c40442fc9786b3b91706\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drprem.com\/contact\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drprem.com\/digital-marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2022\/11\/Dr-Prem-Digital-Healthcare-Social-Media-Marketing.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Prem Healthcare Social Media Marketing\"><\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent development, two consumer advocacy groups have asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft and other web based companies as they have alleged that these companies are using &#8216;unfair and deceptive&#8217; 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