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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. [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) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.