- Jan 24, 2011
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The European Union's information security agency, ENISA, expresses concern about the increasing use of persistent cookies by Internet advertisers, and call for better control and transparency.
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), has published a report on what it calls "bittersweet cookies," a more powerful and persistent type of cookies used for marketing practices.
The agency notes that HTTP cookies were initially created for facilitating browser-server interaction and solving other legitimate technical problems.
However, their originally intended purpose has been altered by the advertising industry and are now not only being used for non-standard actions like profiling and tracking, but have become harder to remove and manage.
ENISA calls for actions to be taken to limit the impact these persistent cookies have on people's online privacy and security.
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), has published a report on what it calls "bittersweet cookies," a more powerful and persistent type of cookies used for marketing practices.
The agency notes that HTTP cookies were initially created for facilitating browser-server interaction and solving other legitimate technical problems.
However, their originally intended purpose has been altered by the advertising industry and are now not only being used for non-standard actions like profiling and tracking, but have become harder to remove and manage.
ENISA calls for actions to be taken to limit the impact these persistent cookies have on people's online privacy and security.
