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Originally Posted by charly
What I'm wondering is the legality of it all.
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It's all legal. There are plenty of examples of databases that collect information, where that information is used for many purposes, including competitive intelligence. Hoovers can give you information about a competitor that includes financials, news, executives, etc. Insurance companies gather data about you and sell to others.
If you have a website on the internet, you are allowing visitors to view your publically accessible data. The difference is, most people don't have the technical capability of gathering and synthesizing all the data, which is why t3report.com has been created to help with data gathering to help companies increase revenue.
Affiliate managers can certainly use this tool for "good" in helping to maximize their traffic relationships with existing affiliates.
Competitors could use if for "bad" to entice affiliates to promote a competing website.
How people use this tool is up to them.
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