Google launches 'cookie choices' site to let Europeans know how they're being tracked

Google has launched a new site, CookieChoices.org, to help visitors of European sites learn more about the digital breadcrumbs they leave behind through cookies.The site includes code that publishers can use to incorporate notifications into their own sites and apps. The notifications could take the form of pop-up alerts or a bar at the top of the screen, ostensibly to give details like the visitor’s browsing history or profile information.The site is meant to address European laws that require that digital publishers give visitors to their sites and apps information about their use of cookies and other data. The site’s tools should be used as part of a wider compliance package, Google said on its landing page.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How publishing fiction online launched the career of this young writer | Beth Reeks

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Alt-Week 12.7.13: Wormhole short-cuts, watery planets and history as seen by Google Books

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Engadget | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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