William B. Baker writes: A series of recent class-action lawsuits has focused attention on two previously little-known practices by which Internet advertisers and websites can bypass the usual “cookie” folder on users’ computers and mobile devices. The practices are known as “Flash cookies” and “HTML5 cookies.” Given the current legal uncertainty regarding these practices, organizations…
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Online tracker claims to have data on 8 million Australians
More on online tracking, this time from Julian Lee of The Age: The online behaviour of millions of Australians is to be tracked and auctioned to advertisers by a new generation of internet businesses setting up shop here. The world’s largest ”data exchange”, the Californian company BlueKai, boasts it already has the computer addresses and…
UK: High court grants BT customer data delay
Josh Halliday reports: BT has today been granted a stay of execution in its bid to challenge attempts of rights holders to obtain personal details about customers without convincing evidence of illicit file sharing. Chief master Winegarten granted BT an adjournment to a court order brought by solicitors’ firm Gallant Macmillan, acting on behalf of…
Inside the cookie monster – trading your online data for profits
Nicky Phillips reports: Sandwiched between a bakery and a health food supermarket in the heart of Cupertino, California, is the headquarters of a new kind of stock exchange – one that trades data, your data. It is operated by a US company called BlueKai and at any moment on a typical day the interests and…