WASHINGTON - The CIA got caught with a hand in the Internet cookie jar. The agency removed software from one of its Web sites this week after a private group discovered that the CIA was using banned ...

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California resident and serial plaintiff Jerry Aviles has sued RELX Inc., the parent company of LexisNexis and Lex Machina, alleging that it deployed web tracking software on its Lex Machina website ...

This post is part of a series of articles we are doing on 2023 data protection litigation trends. 2023 saw a rise in class action litigation related to internet tracking technology employed by ...

When you think of spyware, Sears probably isn't the first name that comes to mind. But the Federal Trade Commission announced today that the retailer had agreed to settle a complaint alleging it had ...

The CIA got caught with a hand in the Internet cookie jar. The agency removed tracking software known as a "cookie" from one of its Web sites this week after a private group discovered the banned ...

California-based engineer and entrepreneur Lou Montulli said the original 'cookie' he created decades ago was intended to make life online easier by letting websites ...

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