Here's how to opt-out of Google's new third-party email address lists ad targeting service
https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/Fx3Pv3fziwV Google has informed me that -- while the mechanism is not currently very obvious in this context -- there *is* a way to opt-out of their new third-party email address ad targeting system. In fact, you can do this by switching off "Ads based on your interests" on the Google ad settings page (for logged-in Google users) at: https://www.google.com/settings/ads I've discussed this very useful page many times in the past -- it gives you direct control over how your interests are (or are not) used when displaying ads via Google-associated sites. Though the descriptions on this page do not currently explain that the new third-party email lists case is included, I'm assured that if you turn off interest-based ad preferences, this will also turn off the use of these third-party email address lists for your logged in account. I've suggested to Google that they update the ad settings page descriptive text as soon as practicable to make it explicit that third-party email lists usage is covered by the interest-based ad preferences setting. Thanks Google for contacting me quickly about this. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
