Now, though, some of the companies that place these files on your hard disk are complaining about that defense. Some are urging the antispyware software companies to stop detecting and removing ...

Unlike its browser competitors, Firefox will soon start blocking tracking cookies by default in the name of consumer privacy. Web tracking has long been in the cross-hairs of privacy advocates, who ...

For decades, “cookies” have been tracking you around the web. They’re the snippets of code that uniquely identify your browser and allow those shoe ads to follow you from site to site after you visit ...

Last week, Turn signed a consent decree with the Federal Trade Commission after the government alleged that the company made false representations to consumers. In the proposed settlement, Turn agreed ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In a blog post published today, Mozilla product manager Karen Kim ...

A cookie is a small text file that is automatically sent to your device where it is stored by your web browser. The cookie stores a unique identifier (a string of random characters) so that your ...

Firefox 63, out today, includes the first iteration of what Mozilla is calling Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP), a feature to improve privacy and stop your activity across the Web from being tracked ...

Facebook has admitted its cookies could have been used to track people after they had logged out of the social-networking service, but said it has now remedied the problem. On Wednesday, Facebook ...