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Microsoft Has Joined Google and Facebook in Plotting a Replacement for The Cookie
Oct 12, 2013Microsoft has joined Google and Facebook in plotting a replacement for the cookie. For many years the humble cookie, a small text file that browsers download when they visit a web site, has been one of the mainstays of online advertising, ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Cookie
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Google Has Responded to Complaints About Its Surreptitious Snooping of Users
Aug 26, 2013Google has responded to complaints about its surreptitious snooping of users of Apple devices by claiming that it is not subject to UK privacy laws. The claim was made in a bid to get a lawsuit against the company, launched in the UK, ...
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Mozilla Postponed Firefox's Controversial Third-Party Cookie-Blocking Policy for Months
Jun 20, 2013Mozilla has effectively postponed Firefox's controversial third-party cookie-blocking policy for several months. Yesterday, the open-source developer announced it was collaborating with a new initiative, dubbed "Cookie Clearinghouse," or ...
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Mozilla Has Been Testing a Patch From Jonathan Mayer
May 21, 2013Mozilla has postponed blocking third-party cookies by default in Firefox 22, "to collect and analyze data on the effect of blocking some third-party cookies." The nonprofit organization is, however, not softening its stand on protecting ...
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Mozilla Has Added Automatic Third-Party Cookie-Blocking to a Preview Version
Apr 11, 2013Mozilla has added automatic third-party cookie-blocking to a preview version of Firefox 22, a move that will put the feature in most users hands by late June and the company on a collision course with the online ad industry. Advertising ...
Tags: Mozilla, Tracking Trigger, Firefox
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Online Ad Industry Has Attacked Mozilla Over Its Decision to Block Third-Party Cookies
Mar 25, 2013The online ad industry has attacked Mozilla over its decision to block third-party cookies in a future release of Firefox, calling the move "dangerous and highly disturbing," and claiming that it will result in more ads shown to users. ...
Tags: Ad Industrym, Firefox, Mozilla
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Mozilla Will Automatically Block Third-Party Cookies Starting with Firefox 22
Feb 27, 2013Mozilla will automatically block third-party cookies starting with Firefox 22, which is slated to ship this summer, according to the Stanford University researcher who coded the change. The move, which will make it more difficult for ...
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The Regulation on The Use of Cookies Derives From an Amendment to The EU's Privacy & ECD
Sep 7, 2012Three months after the enforcement of the cookie law, only 12% of UK websites have implemented prominent privacy notices with robust cookie controls, a study has revealed. The regulation on the use of cookies derives from an amendment to ...
Tags: cookie law, cookie controls, websites, cookie privacy laws