#online-tracking
#online-tracking

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Why Website Cookies Aren't As Sweet As They Sound

Website cookies can raise serious privacy concerns due to their role in tracking user behavior and collecting personal data.

Privacy technologies

fromMakeUseOf

3 weeks ago

Creepy ads followed me everywhere until I changed these 7 settings

Advertisers track user activity through cookies and identifiers to serve targeted ads, but users can adjust settings to limit personalization.

fromThe Cyber Express

4 months ago

UK's Cookie Enforcement Campaign Brings 95% Of Top Websites Into Compliance - The Cyber Express

Britain's data protection regulator issued 17 preliminary enforcement notices and sent warning letters to hundreds of website operators throughout 2025, a pressure campaign that brought 979 of the UK's top 1,000 websites into compliance with cookie consent rules and gave an estimated 40 million people-roughly 80% of UK internet users over age 14-greater control over how they are tracked for personalized advertising.

EU data protection

#browser-fingerprinting

fromWIRED

6 months ago