Tracking Cookies in the News
February 17th, 2012
CAGW’s Deb Collier on cookies:
This morning, the Wall Street Journal announced the results of an investigation into several online advertising companies, including Google, who were by-passing Apple Safari’s privacy settings and imbedding a tracking cookies onto computers and mobile devices using the Apple Safari web browser without the knowledge or consent of the user. Apple Safari’s privacy settings normally default to prohibit tracking, and Apple is currently working to close the loophole in its the code. Meanwhile, Google has ceased using this  tracking code according to an article in CNET. This is one example of the type of issues that the Privacy Working Group was founded to review and discuss, particularly with the increased interest and scrutiny by lawmakers over the protection of personal information and online behavior.