Advertisement demands personal information?

[MsPhantom (129173078)]

This advertisement makes us fill out a small survey and then demands that we enter our email address and name in order to get rewarded. The pop-up doesn't close unless we enter our personal information in order to get rewarded. The content of the ad doesn't phase me as I've dealt with my fair share of weird or silly ads here. It's the demanding of personal information that's getting to me. If I report the advertisement in order for it to stop showing up during my gameplay, I end up getting a grey Tv tab.





Here are some photos for reference. I really hope this can be looked into.

[Erwyle (187240896)]

That is really bad MsP. Sarah asked for anyone with an ad like to take a screenshot so they can look into it. There were some that wouldn't close out unless you answered, like yours, but I think it was a different advertiser. Hope they nip this in the bud...

[Jade (136873125)]

This advertisement makes us fill out a small survey and then demands that we enter our email address and name in order to get rewarded. The pop-up doesn't close unless we enter our personal information in order to get rewarded. The content of the ad doesn't phase me as I've dealt with my fair share of weird or silly ads here. It's the demanding of personal information that's getting to me. If I report the advertisement in order for it to stop showing up during my gameplay, I end up getting a grey Tv tab.





Here are some photos for reference. I really hope this can be looked into.

I have had one come up, too! I click report at the top, then type a little blurb about, then it goes away!

[MsPhantom (129173078)]

This advertisement makes us fill out a small survey and then demands that we enter our email address and name in order to get rewarded. The pop-up doesn't close unless we enter our personal information in order to get rewarded. The content of the ad doesn't phase me as I've dealt with my fair share of weird or silly ads here. It's the demanding of personal information that's getting to me. If I report the advertisement in order for it to stop showing up during my gameplay, I end up getting a grey Tv tab.





Here are some photos for reference. I really hope this can be looked into.

I have had one come up, too! I click report at the top, then type a little blurb about, then it goes away!

That's what I've been doing for years with ads. My point is that we shouldn't even be getting ads like this to begin with and, with the current way that ad watching is set up, I'm getting more and more ads where a 'report' option is no longer made available.

[Jade (136873125)]

This advertisement makes us fill out a small survey and then demands that we enter our email address and name in order to get rewarded. The pop-up doesn't close unless we enter our personal information in order to get rewarded. The content of the ad doesn't phase me as I've dealt with my fair share of weird or silly ads here. It's the demanding of personal information that's getting to me. If I report the advertisement in order for it to stop showing up during my gameplay, I end up getting a grey Tv tab.





Here are some photos for reference. I really hope this can be looked into.

I have had one come up, too! I click report at the top, then type a little blurb about, then it goes away!

That's what I've been doing for years with ads. My point is that we shouldn't even be getting ads like this to begin with and, with the current way that ad watching is set up, I'm getting more and more ads where a 'report' option is no longer made available.

I agree and no we shouldn't be getting these, It's not the first time as I have had them before and reported it.

[MsPhantom (129173078)]

This advertisement makes us fill out a small survey and then demands that we enter our email address and name in order to get rewarded. The pop-up doesn't close unless we enter our personal information in order to get rewarded. The content of the ad doesn't phase me as I've dealt with my fair share of weird or silly ads here. It's the demanding of personal information that's getting to me. If I report the advertisement in order for it to stop showing up during my gameplay, I end up getting a grey Tv tab.





Here are some photos for reference. I really hope this can be looked into.

I have had one come up, too! I click report at the top, then type a little blurb about, then it goes away!

That's what I've been doing for years with ads. My point is that we shouldn't even be getting ads like this to begin with and, with the current way that ad watching is set up, I'm getting more and more ads where a 'report' option is no longer made available.

I agree and no we shouldn't be getting these, It's not the first time as I have had them before and reported it.

I hope these get fixed soon as players shouldn't be antagonized for their personal information.

[Nadia (114148389)]

I hit report, and say, ad didn't start, then I try again and an ad plays for me. Works every time lol.

[MsPhantom (129173078)]

I hit report, and say, ad didn't start, then I try again and an ad plays for me. Works every time lol.

That’s what I do too.

[Elyn (7955720)]

I have not seen this particular ad but I've had others that ask for information that I'm unwilling to give. "Make your ad experience more relevant," it says. "Take this short survey to improve your ad experience." I don't want to improve my ad experience. And the questions are invasive. There is a "Prefer not to answer" option at the bottom of the "survey" but when I click on it, the window closes and no ad. I've clicked "Prefer not to answer" dozens of times hoping to get beyond it, but it never does. I've just stopped doing ads. Not worth the aggro.

[Rod (126579776)]

I send them nudes and they stop sending me stuff like that.

[Viking Sarah]

This advertisement makes us fill out a small survey and then demands that we enter our email address and name in order to get rewarded. The pop-up doesn't close unless we enter our personal information in order to get rewarded. The content of the ad doesn't phase me as I've dealt with my fair share of weird or silly ads here. It's the demanding of personal information that's getting to me. If I report the advertisement in order for it to stop showing up during my gameplay, I end up getting a grey Tv tab.





Here are some photos for reference. I really hope this can be looked into.

Hi MsPhantom,

Thanks for bringing this ad to our attention! I will be forwarding this information, along with your screenshots, to the team for them to investigate and get in touch with our ad networks.

If you discover any more ads like this, please definitely let us know!

[Rod (126579776)]

The only info that ads should ask for is NOTHING. How difficult is it to tell the ad seller you won't accept ANY ads with data queries.

My guess is that BVG gets a bigger payout when targeted ads are allowed....which requires data mining us.

[sandyJ (8639941)]

yes, the Sweaty ad gets on my nerves and
btw the navy / military ads were working fine before last night. now they are opening another tab (when you click as required to "interact" w/the ad). the ads tell you to watch for something like 30 seconds to collect your coins but go on and on. i quit the ad at FIVE MINUTES and still never got my coin reward for wasting my time. this happened repeatedly and there was NO WAY to report a problem w/the ad(s) as other players have already mentioned.
as if that isn't enough, despite loading and refreshing and loading and refreshing, BVG keeps bringing up those same ads that do not work and won't give the reward! if i missed my daily 1yc at ad 10 because i wasn't credited with watching (far more than) 10 ads, then BVG is really going to hear about it.

[LisaTM (10095126)]

yes, the Sweaty ad gets on my nerves and
btw the navy / military ads were working fine before last night. now they are opening another tab (when you click as required to "interact" w/the ad). the ads tell you to watch for something like 30 seconds to collect your coins but go on and on. i quit the ad at FIVE MINUTES and still never got my coin reward for wasting my time. this happened repeatedly and there was NO WAY to report a problem w/the ad(s) as other players have already mentioned.
as if that isn't enough, despite loading and refreshing and loading and refreshing, BVG keeps bringing up those same ads that do not work and won't give the reward! if i missed my daily 1yc at ad 10 because i wasn't credited with watching (far more than) 10 ads, then BVG is really going to hear about it.

Yup! I had that issue with the military one all day yesterday.

[cathy (115782367)]

Funny, this one always credits for me. I watch the little video and then when the next screen shows up just click somewhere. About two minutes later it credits even though the timer always shows 0:00.

[KAREN (186514636)]

The only info that ads should ask for is NOTHING. How difficult is it to tell the ad seller you won't accept ANY ads with data queries.

My guess is that BVG gets a bigger payout when targeted ads are allowed....which requires data mining us.

AMEN - BVG should give a crap about protecting player privacy and at least pretend to be trustworthy! I've contacted them numerous times since the $1 cash reward started because I can't get past the info-mining surveys by declining to participate. When you click on that company's privacy policy, you find that it only protects their right to get our email address, contact/SPAM us with unsolicited garbage, track our online activity and that of anyone using our computer, and their right to merge and sell our information with/to any scamming organization out there. BVG is utterly selling us out to any unknown source. 'Customer Service' just blows me off, if they even bother to read and address my issue!