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Ask the Expert: The Year in Review

I have enormously enjoyed writing the “Ask the Expert” column this past year.

I started this column because I’m passionate about online security, and I wanted to share with you all that I’ve learned. Since we are near the end of the year, I thought it would be good to provide you with a reference of all the columns I have written. Read More

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Congress: Seeking Answers to Supercookies, Groupon Consumer Privacy

The co-chairs of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus — Representatives Edward Markey and Joe Barton — wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission demanding answers about “supercookies” and whether some websites are able to recreate users’ profiles after people deleted their regular cookies. This follows their letter to Groupon’s CEO asking similar questions about whether customers’ personal information could be vulnerable to hackers. Click the headline above to read more. Read More

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Ask the Expert: What Are Supercookies? Do They Affect My Online Privacy?

Do you know what a cookie is? No, not the sweet kind we like to eat with a big glass of milk. A cookie (at least the kind found on the Web) is a short line of text that a website puts on your computer’s hard drive when you visit it. And new “supercookie” filess can store more information than a normal cookie and are scattered in multiple locations, which makes them harder to identify and remove. Check out our latest Ask the Expert to learn everything you ever wanted to know about cookies but were afraid to ask. Read More

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