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Originally Posted by Kellie AFP
What happens to the cookie is correct, but Zango software didn't do it. The affiliate Network changed the IDs. Because that's the way affiliate networks track. If you did the same thing except clicked on an affiliate link from another web site, you'd see the same thing with the cookie. Is that just semantics? Maybe, but it's a very important distinction from a legal standpoint.
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there is a big difference here. Sure cookies are designed in a way that they are overwritten, ONLY to be fair to the next advertiser who promotes that site to the same surfer, usually weeks, months, etc... down the line.
In those cases the USER is going to another site, of their own free will, and clicking on another ad, which in that case the cookie should be over written. THE USER is not given that ability here (with zango) and cookies are being overwritten seconds after the orginal one is being set. That is not the way they were intended to be used. It doesn't matter that it is the way it works, if it is being missed used, intentionally it is still wrong and something I think they can be legally liable for if nothing else at a civil level.