The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has published a report outlining how advertisers are using increasingly sophisticated varieties of cookie to identify web users. The technology could breach EU laws on privacy, it said.
“In most cases users cannot easily manage cookies,” said ENISA’s report (16-page / 864KB PDF) “This is particularly true for new type of cookies that are not controlled by browsers and require additional management tools.”
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