Google Patents Detecting, Tracking, Targeting Kids

theodp writes "A newly-issued Google patent for Rendering Advertisements With Documents Having One or More Topics Using User Topic Interest describes how to detect the presence of children by 'using evidence of sophistication determined using user actions' and tracking their behavior using the Google Toolbar and other methods to deliver targeted ads. Which is interesting, since the Google Terms of Service supposedly prohibit the use of Services by anyone 'not of legal age.' The inventor is Google Principal Scientist Krishna Bharat, who is a co-inventor of another pending Google patent for inferring searchers' ethnicity, reading level, age, sex and income (and storing it all)." Ok I'll be the first to admit that this is greek to me. Someone smart figure this out and post a comment translating patentese into english.

Uhoh

[the children]

Think of us!!!!!

Prior art : Paedophilles

[Oktober Sunset]

They've been detecting, tracking and targeting kids for years.


Bad taste? Nah, you guys love it as much as you love dead baby jokes.

Re:Reading a website doesn't form a contract anywa

[TheFlamingoKing]

You can't form a contract where one of the parties gets nothing in return anyway

Please don't let my wife know about this.

Re:Ads by Google...

[denton420]

I dont really mind if google collects detailed information about my every action.

They are such a great company!

Re:i need a good priced lcd

[toddestan]

anyone here no where i can find a good priced lcd? 15-17"

Thanks.

Have you tried Froogle [froogle.com]*?

*Hey, it's on topic!