Society: Issues: Business: Allegedly_Unethical

Society: Issues: Business: Allegedly_Unethical_Firms: WhenU

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. [PDF]

Spyware Company Sues Utah Over Anti-Spyware Law
Slashdot discussion forum takes up issues surrounding this news.

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.

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.

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.

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.' (May 14, 2004)

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] (May 14, 2004)

Adware Maker Challenges Utah Anti-Spyware Law
In its legal motion WhenU is charging that Utah's recently enacted Spyware Control Act violates free-speech guarantees and could unfairly harm its business. [CNET] (April 13, 2004)

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. (February 19, 2004)

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] (January 5, 2004)

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] (November 19, 2003)

WhenU Wins Another Legal Victory in Fight for Consumer Desktop Freedom
WhenU's press release about its legal victory against Wells Fargo where the Court found that it engaged in "legitimate comparative advertising." (November 19, 2003)

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