Cookies are data artifacts saved by web browsers on our internet-connected devices. They keep a record of the websites you visit, and in the case of first-party cookies, they're important for certain ...

All Firefox users on desktop will now be protected by the browser's Total Cookie Protection feature by default. Mozilla calls it the browser's "strongest privacy protection to date," because it ...

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Google has an announcement today: It’s not going to do something it has thought about, and tinkered with, for quite some time. Most people who just use the Chrome ...

In a blow to Microsoft's idea of having browsers block tracking cookies by default, the working group dealing with the issue at the World Wide Web Consortium has come up with a proposal that bars any ...

Google on Monday said it was ditching its long mooted plan to block tracking "cookies" on its Chrome browser after years of resistance from online publishers and questions from regulators. The ...

"C" is for cookie, gathering data on me. You know them, you loathe them, but because of how the web works these days, you cannot avoid them. Unless your browser of ...