Von Tetzchner says Vivaldi's Google Ad Words account was suspended in May, shortly after he said in an interview that Google should be banned from tracking users on the web to deliver personalized ads. Instead, he suggested it should be limited to location-based advertising.
It took three months for Vivaldi's Ad Words account to be re-enabled, but that only happened after it "bent to their requirements", which were vague and included demands that Google itself does not follow, he says. Vivaldi's von Tetzchner on Three Months AdWords Suspension [zdnet.com]
