Technically they don’t sell user data, except maybe to a government who demands it. They use the data for targeted advertising. The advertiser doesn’t know about you until you contact them, but it’s your choice then.
The reason Bing is willing to pay you is because Bing will gather your browsing data and sell it off as market research. Part of the money they make will then be given to you for being a research participant. Basically, you’re getting paid to do something you already do without any extra work required.
Bing provides search services to select partners and its users. Some examples include Yahoo! and Nokia. In order to provide these services, Bing services receive certain search related information from these partners that may include date, time, IP address, a unique identifier and other search related data.
The reward program effectively means that Microsoft will pay you if you use Bing as your preferred search engine. The loyalty program called Microsoft Rewards is now being opened to more users. The program which has remained a regular feature for users within US is now going to be expanded to UK as well.
While researching we ran into the query “Is Bing a better alternative to Google?”.
You see, there’s also never been a better time to give Bing an honest appraisal. If Google’s data-hoovering didn’t creep you out before, its attitude toward location tracking and Google+ privacy failings should. And while privacy-focused search options like Duck, duck Go go further to solve that problem, Bing is the most full-featured alternative out there.
Does Bing steal your info?
Unfortunately, the sheer amount of data leaked from the database does give hackers enough information to launch attacks on Bing users. The location coordinates, combined with the search terms, may provide hackers with information that’s used to steal your identity. A hacker can use the search terms, coordinates, and device to work out who sent.
Bing can only track you as a user if you are logged into your Microsoft account. Bing uses cookies, so it can do some tracking even if you are not logged in. However, unless I’m misunderstanding something very fundamental about how browsers work, Bing is unable to track actual clicks in search results at the level that Google does.
What happened to Bing and Microsoft’s Facebook search results?
Microsoft has issued a brief statement saying: “Throughout our engagement with Facebook, we respected all user preferences.” The BBC understands it ended its Bing contract with Facebook in February 2016, and the social network’s data stopped appearing in its search results at that point.
Does Ting sell your personal information?
Jostens does not sell (as “sell” is traditionally defined) your personal information. Under California law, sharing information for advertising purposes may be considered a “sale.” If you’ve visited our website or used our mobile apps within the past 12 months, under California law your information might have been “sold” to our.