Disneyspy scandal

[sailor]

link (http://m.zdnet.com/news/disney-others-sued-over-allegedly-spying-with-flash-cookies/456629?tag=nl.e550)

[Misteriosa]

http://m.zdnet.com/news/disney-others-sued-over-allegedly-spying-with-flash-cookies/456629?tag=nl.e550

does it work now?

[Misteriosa]

here is the article:

A lawsuit filed in federal court last week alleges that a group of well-known Web sites, including those owned by Disney, Warner Bros. Records, and Demand Media, broke the law by secretly tracking the Web movements of their users, including children.

Attorneys representing a group of minors and their parents filed the suit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, records show. The suit alleges that Clearspring Technologies, a software company that creates widgets and also offers a way to serve ads via widgets, is at the center of the wrongdoing.

Web site operators such as Disney, Playlist.com, and SodaHead are "Clearspring Flash Cookie Affiliates," the plaintiffs allege in their suit. Clearspring set "Flash cookies on (affiliate site) users' computers...online tracking device(s) which would allow access to and disclosure of Internet users' online activities."

[SouthSideJohnny]

I learned about these "flash cookies" last week. Never realized that they stick around even after you use your browser's "clear cookies" feature.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/526/52697ee8.html

[disneyspy]

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