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 ...

After years of seeing other browsers improve privacy features, Google is now offering a native Chrome feature to block cookies from being accessed by third-party clients. With this feature, it will ...

If you're serious about web browser security, you might want to consider blocking all cookies. It's more work, but the result will give you much more privacy and security. Jack Wallen shows you how.

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Google is finally starting to block third-party cookies for internet users after years of delays, opposition and regulatory wrangling. To begin with, only a random 1 percent of Chrome users globally ...

Google is announcing today that it is delaying its plans to phase out third-party cookies in the Chrome browser until 2023, a year or so later than originally planned. Other browsers like Safari and ...

Apple calls it’s feature Intelligent Tracking Prevention. It blocks third party cookies while also allowing access to cross-site cookies for services and features that a user has opted into like ...

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gives users more control over how a website can track their browsing activity using cookies. However, as Vivaldi points out, many ...

The European Union's GDPR was a double-edged sword that protected privacy not just for the region but for the rest of the world but at the expense of some inconveniences. Website administrators had a ...

I just realized that the new preferred method of tracking web users is by using HTML5 cookies (along with Flash cookies). If you go to your /Users/<username>/Library ...