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Boing, erection time! I saw this Arby’s ad personally a couple of weekends ago, on ABC Family channel of all places — it aired during a Harry Potter movie.Boing, erection time! I saw this Arby’s ad personally a couple of weekends ago, on ABC Family channel of all places — it aired during a Harry Potter movie.

Boing, erection time! I saw this Arby’s ad personally a couple of weekends ago, on ABC Family channel of all places — it aired during a Harry Potter movie.

“Direct-to-consumer promotion was the single worst decision for the industry”

—A Swiss drug executive, discussing America’s love of drug commercials. The Senate has held hearings questioning the practice, hopefully the new Congress will apply some standards.

NebuAd Gets Hit with Class Action Lawsuit

Aggrieved customers have filed a class action lawsuit against NebuAd, alleging that the web ad provider’s deep packet inspection violates several federal and state privacy and computer crime laws. The suit also names as defendants several affiliated internet service providers (ISPs) who partnered with NebuAd to track customers’ internet use and/or insert targeted ads. A copy of the pleadings is available here; the charges begin on page 38. Consumerist posts on deep packet inspection:
ISPs Are Maniacal Stalkers Who Read Your Email And Watch You Surf The Web
Should The Government Set Up A “Do-Not-Track” List?
Charter To Begin Tracking Users’ Searches And Inserting Targeted Ads