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Re:After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges and k... by krisroadruck on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @01:39PM (#18923583)
This happened to me both times I've purchased a Jeep. I did a bunch of research on models and packages, price shopped a few dealers in my area, and then purchased a vehicle all over the course of a Saturday. For the next 3 months I get jeep ads following me all around the internet. I wonder how much revenue those completely irrelevant ads generated for google.
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Re:After GDPR, The New York Times cut off ad exchanges and k... by MarkMc on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @09:20PM (#18927731)
Don't you give Jeep your name and address when you buy the vehicle? Seems like they are missing an opportunity to improve their advertising.

Also Google could place a survey question instead of an ad, asking "Which of these products have you purchased in the past month?"

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