Cookies. Such an innocent word has a lot of power behind it these days, and it’s not because of American obesity rates. In the world of the web, cookies (a.k.a. “browser cookies,” “HTTP cookies,” ...

Learn what accepting or rejecting cookies means, how tracking works, and how to protect your online privacy in 2026.

The European Parliament's decision on Wednesday not to clamp down on the use of Web cookies is a wake-up call for the online industry, according to insiders. Elements within the EU political scene ...

It may raise hackles to think that U.S. intelligence officials might be monitoring your telephone and Internet communications, but for most of us it's only the marketers who are really interested in ...

Attention, webmasters: Insecure website cookies set via HTTP requests may allow a remote attacker to obtain private information from a victim's HTTPS session, warns DHS-CERT. The problem is this: A ...

In addition to having multimedia and other rich content, Web sites are becoming a lot more interactive and have areas where people can sign in to user accounts for access to settings, discussion ...

The internet’s largest gatekeepers have had it with cookies, and they’re waging a war to wipe them off the face of the web. No company is more at the forefront of this uprising than Google, which ...

LEOMINSTER — Since expanding her business into a full-time venture, Judy Scola DeNault says she’s learned the finer points of creating a Web presence, a long-term business plan and summertime shipping ...

"Police blotter" is a weekly CNET News.com report on the intersection of technology and the law. What: A Texas man says the timestamp of cookies on his Web browser proves he was actually online and ...

WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is secretly piggybacking on tools that enable Internet advertisers to track consumers, using “cookies” and location data to pinpoint targets for government ...