valued opinions

davethorp

Well they can put a cookie on my machine all they like. Wont do them any good as I have firefox with the adblock plus extension and it's incredibly rare I see an online ad, never mind click on one

I got the email a few days ago

Solomon_Broad

I've had the email. All cookies from ValuedOpinions are now "session only", which means that every time I close my browser, it will disappear. If I don't sign in to VO in the first place, it will never appear.

Problem solved.

mrsyorkie

Solomon_Broad wrote: »

I've had the email. All cookies from ValuedOpinions are now "session only", which means that every time I close my browser, it will disappear. If I don't sign in to VO in the first place, it will never appear.

Problem solved.

But surely you need to sign in to claim your rewards and when you do you will get that cookie

Is this cookie thing a bad thing in that it knows which sites you are looking at etc or has the technophobe in me got it all wrong?

kpwll

I have emailed them to say I don't want the advanced cookie, even if that means I can no longer be a member. I always monitor very closely who is allowed to put cookies on my computer.

kirkeastment

mrsyorkie wrote: »

But surely you need to sign in to claim your rewards and when you do you will get that cookie

Is this cookie thing a bad thing in that it knows which sites you are looking at etc or has the technophobe in me got it all wrong?

yeah if you login to VO you get the cookie, but if you close your browser straight away afterwards, then reopen your browser, the cookie will be gone

mrsyorkie

kirkeastment wrote: »

yeah if you login to VO you get the cookie, but if you close your browser straight away afterwards, then reopen your browser, the cookie will be gone

And it can't track what I'm looking at if I'm opening another browser? The way I read it is that it stays on your PC all the time. Again, sorry if I'm being thick here!

toshkininny

mrsyorkie wrote: »

And it can't track what I'm looking at if I'm opening another browser? The way I read it is that it stays on your PC all the time. Again, sorry if I'm being thick here!

you're not being thick, cos I don't really get it either ! (actually maybe we're just both thick !) :beer:

Anyway, I was told to get rid of cookies I go to tools, internet options, delete browsing history, etc. If I do this every time I finish a valued opinions survey will that stop the monitoring thingy?!

kirkeastment

toshkininny wrote: »

you're not being thick, cos I don't really get it either ! (actually maybe we're just both thick !) :beer:

Anyway, I was told to get rid of cookies I go to tools, internet options, delete browsing history, etc. If I do this every time I finish a valued opinions survey will that stop the monitoring thingy?!

yes it will, as it erases the cookie completely

baccyman

you could also use a programme called c cleaner and that will get rid of anything like this and their are probably some cookies that are on your computer that you dont know about,
i personally use c cleaner
spybot search and destroy
advanced windows care
and ad-aware
that way anything that i pick up is not there for long, because i use the cashback sites and do the daily clicks you never know what you might pick up along the way so that is why i use all of those bits of software.

carriebradshaw

kpwll wrote: »

I have emailed them to say I don't want the advanced cookie, even if that means I can no longer be a member. I always monitor very closely who is allowed to put cookies on my computer.

I did that too, this is their reply

Dear Valued Opinions Member,



Following your email asking not to receive cookies, I would like to let you know that your request has been kept in consideration and you will not be entered the new enhancement service .



Your opinions are still extremely valued. Please rest assured we will continue to send you relevant surveys triggered by the profiling information you provided when you signed up.



We look forward to more opportunities of working together and rewarding you for providing your honest opinions.

so just send them an email and tell thm you don't want it,you have a right to your privacy