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,” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business of personal data. It may raise hackles to think that U.S. intelligence officials might be monitoring ...

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 ...

Cookies may be one of the most maligned parts of the internet, but they weren’t always so notorious. Back in 1994, a young man named Lou Montulli developed the cookie as a way for website operators to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Watch out for those cookie crumbs. They might be costing money. Cookies aren’t just treats tasty with milk. They are little bits of text served to computers by Web sites that leave a sort of footprint ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15 (Reuters) - Seven percent of Internet users account for more than one-third of the traffic at Web sites, calling into question a popular form of audience measurement, a major ...