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KPMG: 95 Percent of Businesses Not Cookie Law Compliant

The cookie laws are coming, but not many businesses seem to care

13 years ago

Cory Doctorow: How Privacy Can Make Money

Privacy is a business opportunity, given the right technology foundations, says science fiction writer and activist Cory Doctorow

13 years ago

Google Thrown To The Watchdog Lions Over Safari

Google is bracing itself for massive fines from US and EU authorities over its circumvention of Apple's Safari browser protection

13 years ago

Google Says Microsoft’s IE9 Privacy Policy Is Broken

Google doesn't follow P3P, but then nor does anyone else, says Google's communications vice president

13 years ago

Microsoft Says Google Bypassed IE9 Privacy Settings Too

Microsoft says that Safari was not the only browser that Google tricked into accepting cookies

13 years ago

Congressmen Ask FTC To Investigate Google Over Safari Tracking

Google says it is working to remove cookies “inadvertently” set on Safari users’ systems

13 years ago

Facebook Fixes Cookie Privacy Issue

Facebook has changed the way it handles cookies, after accusation that it leaked personal data

13 years ago

Socitm Warns Authorities On EU Cookie Law

Socitm and Cookie Reports are joining forces to offer local government help to comply with the EU cookie law

13 years ago

Microsoft Drops Respawning Cookies From MSN

Microsoft removed cookies that were able to regenerate even after the user deleted them

13 years ago

HTML5 Allows Cookies To Rise From The Dead

A recent report shows that privacy is an illusion as persistent Flash and HTML5 cookies respawn after deletion, says Eric…

13 years ago

The EU Cookie Laws Will Be Hard To Swallow

When it comes to kicking out the cookies, the EU may have bitten off more than it can eschew, argues…

13 years ago

Internet Explorer Flaw Allows For Cookie Theft

A security expert has warned that IE has a flaw that allows attackers to steal cookies to access user accounts

13 years ago

UK Firms Get 12 Months Grace On Cookie Law

The ICO has given businesses in the UK a year to comply with new EU privacy rules concerning cookies

14 years ago

LinkedIn Faces Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

LinkedIn's user profiles are vulnerable to a 'session management nightmare', an Indian researcher says

14 years ago

ICO Issues Browser Cookies Guidance

The ICO's advice for businesses on upcoming privacy regulations has been criticised for being 'generic'

14 years ago

Government To Go Easy Enforcing New EU Privacy Law

The UK government will take its time enforcing new EU privacy laws affecting cookies

14 years ago

ICO Warns On New EU Cookie Rules

The data regulator has highlighted the looming deadline set to shake up Internet tracking

14 years ago

EFF Favours Mozilla Browser Ad Opt-Out Over Google

Electronic Frontier Foundation prefers Firefox's behavioural cookie blocker over Chrome's Keep My Opt Outs

14 years ago

‘Do Not Track’ Initiative Confuses Web Marketers

The US FTC urged online respect for consumer privacy but the “Do Not Track” mechanism is not an opt-out list

14 years ago