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I'm very disturbed by this tracking information. I'm almost tempted to print out all three of these threads in their entirety and drop them in a snail mail to Neopets. If they don't know about such things as the tracking and the questionable content, they should. If they do know, then the least we can do is let them know that we're mad about it.

NeoPets EVP Rik Kinney pointed out in an exclusive interview with Jack Myers Report that "the Internet has failed in many ways to deliver on the promise of interactivity and engagement. Many forms of advertising are still 'push -- in your face.' At Neopets.com, members choose to visit, they have a good time, they are involved, they interact, and they receive messages advertisers want to deliver in a very engaging format. There is no traditional banner or button advertising. " NeoPets EVP Rik Kinney pointed out in an exclusive interview with Jack Myers Report that "the Internet has failed in many ways to deliver on the promise of interactivity and engagement. Many forms of advertising are still 'push -- in your face.' At Neopets.com, members choose to visit, they have a good time, they are involved, they interact, and they receive messages advertisers want to deliver in a very engaging format. There is no traditional banner or button advertising. "

Hey.... I just thought of something.... Didn't they say that our personal information/stats would not be released to third parties in their privacy statement? Because it definately said that it wouldn't 3.5 years ago when I first signed up... They should have to change it to say that "your information will be freely disclosed to third parties for marketing research" now.

Argh so angry

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Our site contains links to other sites, including those of sponsors, advertisers and survey companies, whose information practices may be different from ours. Sometimes the other sites might conduct contests or sweepstakes that are promoted on Neopets.com. Visitors should consult the other sites' privacy notices, since those sites are not covered by our privacy policy and may follow procedures that are different from ours. Neopets never gives a user's e-mail address or other registration information to such third parties without permission, however, if you choose to "opt-in" (click on a box to receive a third party's information), to register with one of our sponsors, or not to "opt-out" (uncheck a checked box that will provide a sponsor with your information), that means you have allowed Neopets to give your registration information and other collecting information, including e-mail address, to that that third party.

hmm...any lawyers browsing the forums tonight?

seriously though, going back on an agreement like that is not cool at all.

how sad is it that NEOPETS, a virtual pet site.... is leaving us so jaded? is anything innocent and "sacred" anymore? uggh, internet....uggh

I've never, ever read a user agreement so far that doesn't state something along the lines of "We can change this whenever we like, and it's your duty to check every second to see if we changed anything, and not ours to inform you about it" (of course, in legalspeak), unfortunaly that's legal, and I honestly doubt that even 4 years ago the agreeming didn't have it.

I've never, ever read a user agreement so far that doesn't state something along the lines of "We can change this whenever we like, and it's your duty to check every second to see if we changed anything, and not ours to inform you about it" (of course, in legalspeak), unfortunaly that's legal, and I honestly doubt that even 4 years ago the agreeming didn't have it.

NeoPets reserves the right to change its privacy policy at its sole discretion. NeoPets' users will be informed of any such change by NeoPets posting a new privacy policy on the neopets.com website. The effective date of any change of privacy policy will be clearly marked.

However, we will treat all personal information we collect in accordance with the privacy notice in effect at the time the information is collected.

Vinyl, I actually (at least for me) think that's the point. We all know the internet is full of spam, ads, adware/malware/spyware/virus, etc. .... It's the fact that a supposedly "safe", COPPA-compliant, family-friendly site that is also supposed to be an escape from all the real life and real world garbage has been invaded and taken over by that very garbage.

Our trust has, in a sense, been violated. Our trust that we would be safe on Neopets - safe at least from reality for awhile. Now I have to run my spyware scans every night, since I have gotten spyware from a couple of the ads.

yes, that's exactly what i was trying to say, sorry if it came out that differently.

i agree one hundred percent, what i was saying was sad was the fact that even neopets is letting us down.