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Researchers at UC Berkeley have found that popular online sites are defeating user attempts to disable cookies, which allow sites to collect information about users’ browsing habits. In a new survey, they found sites that use a technique to “respawn” cookies after they have been deleted on a user’s computer. This technique works even if users disable cookies and enable private browsing modes on their browser.
Tag: online privacy
Samuelson clinic helps create online-privacy complaint website
February 2, 2012:
Two faculty members at Berkeley Law’s Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic have helped launch an interactive online service for submitting privacy complaints about websites and social networks. Clinic director Jason Schultz and senior fellow Chris Hoofnagle spent two years working with a San Diego-based nonprofit to create the new clearinghouse.
Internet-privacy complaint center launched
January 5, 2012:
Scholars at Berkeley helped lay the groundwork for a new service that allows people to report online-privacy problems, the San Jose Mercury News reports.
