TOTAL: {[ getCartTotalCost() | currencyFilter ]} Update cart for total shopping_basket Checkout

Daily Dashboard | Study Finds Zombie Cookie Use To Be an Undead Practice Related reading: A view from Brussels: EDPS sends signal on data transfers 

rss_feed

""

""

""

In a recent study, consumer advocacy organization Access discovered via its site AmiBeingTracked.com that, after use was thought to have died down, 15 percent of wireless users are still falling prey to “zombie cookies” that permit carriers like Verizon and AT&T to “to ignore a user's privacy preferences on the browser level and track all online behavior,” Wireless reports. “Using tracking headers also raises concerns related to data retention,” the study states. “When ‘honey pots’ of sensitive information, such as data on browsing, location and phone numbers, are collected and stored, they attract malicious hacking and government surveillance. This kind of collection and retention of user data is unsustainable and unwise, and creates unmanageable risks for businesses and customers alike."
Full Story

Comments

If you want to comment on this post, you need to login.