Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have reported that more than half of the Internet's websites are using Adobe Flash cookies to track users' behavior and interests, but these cookies are mentioned in just four privacy policies, though other suites mention the use of "tracking technology." Flash cookies differ from regular cookies because they are unaffected by browser privacy controls. Flash cookies are even being used to re-establish cookies for users after those users delete the more familiar cookies. The researchers' report was submitted earlier this week as a comment on the deferral government's proposal to re-establish the use of cookies on federal websites. For more information, see
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/08/you-deleted-your-cookies-think-again/
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1446862
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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