The proposed standard enables two methods of automated preference delivery—one that communicates directly with the web server hosting a site being visited, and another that communicates with the ...

Third-party tracking remains widespread, with 61% of cookies set in third-party contexts. Mobile web performance lags behind desktop, with mobile sites showing much worse scores in key metrics.

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Flash cookies placed by many of the most popular Web sites are being used to track site visitors, even going so far as to re-create http tracking cookies after they’re deleted by privacy-conscious ...

Google engineers plan to improve user privacy and security by putting a short lifespan on cookies delivered via HTTP connections. Google hopes that the move will force website developers and ...

For years, Chrome, Firefox, and virtually all other browsers have offered a setting that doesn’t save or refer to website cookies, browsing history, or temporary ...

We wouldn’t consider Windows authentication as a feasible strategy as you cannot expose your service over the Internet if you leverage Windows authentication. Forms authentication uses the ASP.Net ...

Web video company Metacafe has settled a class-action privacy lawsuit by agreeing that it won't use Flash cookies to recreate users' deleted HTTP cookies. The company also promised to stop ...