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>>I already get “personalized” ads at “Commentary” magazine, “National Review Online,” “The Daily Caller,” and the “Drudge Report.” <<

I am NOT a geek but I am sort of ‘capable’ with computers. If you use the latest browser with all the feel good attachments such as Active X and Flash you should expect to receive ads personalized just for you. That’s what they are meant to do.

I use Firefox 10.0, I know I am at least browser 15 updates behind the times. I do not have ActiveX or Java activated because they leave behind too many trails. I do not save my daily History or my daily Cookies because that is nothing but trails for others to market.

So, go into your Options / Tools or whatever the name is that control the features of your PC and shut down all the stuff you don’t need. Cut out the trails back to your PC by using MRU-Blaster and CCleaner everytime you shut you PC off for the night or at least once every day. Together they take maybe three minutes but they remove all the extra files the marketers use to track your every move.

Then add in tools such as AdBlock Plus and DoNotTrack. Make it hard for them to follow you around and you will rarely see an ad anywhere on the Internet.