Thursday, April 7, 2016

FCC May Outlaw 'Supercookies'


The Federal Communications Commission voted late last week to move forward with a privacy proposal that would require Internet service providers to obtain consumers’ opt-in consent before drawing

on their Web-surfing activity for ad purposes.


But the privacy proposal doesn’t stop there. The FCC also is considering whether certain types of tracking technology, including

Verizon’s infamous “supercookies,” pose a serious enough privacy risk that they should be banned altogether.


“We seek comment on whether the use of persistent tracking technologies may expose

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