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NowSpots

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"Chicago-based NowSpots, Inc. develops new online advertising solutions for the publishing industry. Winner of the 2010 Knight News Challenge, they work with media companies to boost their online advertising revenues through proprietary methods developed over years working with community news publishers."

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Domains

nowspots.com

Data Collection

Browser cookies
IP addresses

Industry affiliations and oversight

None

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Do Not Track

This company does not honor Do Not Track

Policies

http://files.nowspots.com/privacy1.html

Anonymity
You are anonymous (identity info is separated from activities or not collected)
Excerpts

"NowSpots does not generally collect PII from Internet users in connection with the Service.

In order to customize the online user experience and provide our clients with useful statistics and analysis regarding their websites and advertisements, NowSpots may collect certain anonymous information (i.e., information that is not linked to PII), including but not limited to a usage information, transaction information, IP addresses, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, number of clicks, mouse position, scroll position and time on page. We may use such information to analyze trends, administer the Site and the Service, customize the advertising and content users may see, track users' movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use."

Sharing
Only anonymous activities and interests may be conveyed to others
Excerpts

"We do not rent or sell PII to anyone.

NowSpots may share the aggregate information it collects with advertisers, publishers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties."

Boundaries
Sensitive info not excluded from ad targeting
Excerpts

Privacy statement does not provide additional limitations on the handling of information in sensitive categories.

Deletion
No deletion requirement
Excerpts

Privacy statement does not state if or when information is deleted.

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