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Methods and Effects of Spyware - WhenU Violating Own Privacy Policy
Comment submitted to recent FTC hearings about spyware, alleging that WhenU software violates its own privacy policy by transmitting some of user-visited web page URLs to its own servers.
http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/ftc-031904.pdf
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Whenu.com SaveNow, Enemy of Affiliate Program Members
Gives example of how affiliate commissions are lost as web site visitors are encouraged to click on their popup offers.
http://www.thiefware.com/whenu/
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EFF: Trademark Law Shouldn't Prejudice Internet Ads
EFF is asking a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court decision involving WhenU's right to provide online advertisements during web browsing. Online contact lens distributor 1-800 Contacts won that decision.
http://www.eff.org/IP/TM/20040219_eff_pr.php
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U-Haul v. WhenU.com, 2003 WL 22071556 (E.D.Va. 2003)
A Federal Court in Virginia held that WhenU's pop-up ad didn't infringe U-Haul's trademarks and copyrights.
http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~dkarjala/cyberlaw/U-HaulVWhenU(DVa2003).htm
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Spyware Company Sues Utah Over Anti-Spyware Law
Slashdot discussion forum takes up issues surrounding this news.
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/04/13/1750259.shtml?tid=123&tid=158&tid=99
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WhenU Spams Google, Breaks Google "No Cloaking" Rules
Author presents detailed evidence to show that WhenU sends bogus search results to search engines, in violation of search engines' rules.
http://www.benedelman.org/spyware/whenu-spam/
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Search Engines Delete Adware Company WhenU
Yahoo and Google disabled links to WhenU for "cloaking" to dupe search engines into favorably listing decoy Web pages.[ZDNet]
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5212479.html
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WhenU Can Keep On Popping Up
A federal judge refused to grant Wells Fargo's request to shut down the desktop advertising service. [ClickZ News]
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3111501
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Clickz - WhenU Banished By Google, Yahoo!
The adware firm is no longer listed in Google and Yahoo!'s search results because of charges of 'cloaking.'
http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3354171
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Pop-up Seller Loses Round in Court
"A U.S. district court judge bars WhenU from delivering pop-up ads to some Net visitors, going against decisions in favor of the software maker's controversial marketing tactics." [CNET News]
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1024_3-5135313.html
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