On the web analytics side you typically track by sessions and it's mainly done through cookies and JavaScript; whereas, with mobile app analytics the general setup might be similar, but much more intricate implementation is required.
Cookies on a mobile device are the equivalent of their counterparts in desktop browsers, though they are more limited by default mobile device security settings. Cookies cannot be shared across apps or shared between a mobile app and the mobile web.
Google has filed a motion to dismiss saying now, as before, that any the cookies it used didn't collect personal information. Twelve plaintiffs have banded together in the UK to file a lawsuit against Google, which could open Google to damage...
I'm selling Yahoo stored xss that steal Yahoo emails cookies and works on ALL browsers. TheHell claimed that when clicked the malicious link exploits a cross-site scripting bug that lets criminals steal Yahoo Mail cookies.
Google has already been hit with a $22.5 million fine this year from the FTC to settle charges that the company misled users about the company's use of behaviour-tracking cookies in Apple's Safari web browser.
If someone were to visit your site and analyze the source code and cookies you place in their browser, would they be shocked? Don't stoop to compromising visitor and customer privacy through shady tracking technologies, such as the now notorious...
The fine was issued by the FTC, which claimed Safari web browser users were served with cookies when visiting Google sites, circumventing the browser's privacy settings. Google also agreed to pay a $22.5 million fine to settle charges that the...
If you try to save your settings and it isn’t working, you may have cookies disabled. To get saved search settings, regardless of which computer or browser you’re using, follow these steps: A recent post on their Google+ Page announces a change to...
We have now changed that page and taken steps to remove the ad cookies, which collected no personal information, from Apple's browsers. Google is set to pay a $22.5 million fine in relation to the discovery that it bypassed the privacy settings in...
Evidon monitored tracking cookies using their Ghostery browser plug-in and analyzed the data collected to compile a list of the 25 companies tracking users most. More alarming for users are the advertisers using tracking cookies to retarget consumers.
Cookies have been the focus of coverage of the Directive – the crumbly bad boys consumer should fear if you believe some – but other technologies are covered too, including Flash objects (aka "Flash cookies").
Within hours of its release, security researcher Nik Cubrilovic warned that the Chrome extension of Axis contained a major vulnerability, which could allow attackers to capture a users web traffic, including passwords and session cookies.
The lawsuit, filed in the Northern California District Court, alleged that the company knowingly infringed on user privacy when it used browser cookies to track activity. The privacy issue first came to light in September of last year when...
Cookies are used to tag the user. You can also optimize by extending the number of days of membership duration (i.e.number of days the cookie stays in the browser). Kick-Starting a Successful Paid Search Advertising Program
The issue is particularly interesting from a UK and European perspective as it comes weeks before the so-called Cookie Law comes in to force in May, which will force firms to obtain the consent of users before deploying cookies on browsers.
If your browser interprets one interaction as a signal that all cookies from that entity be accepted, that applies for all entities. The problem was that users were experiencing reduced functionality, specifically in relation to Facebook and...
Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer discovered that Google and three other companies had “tricked” Safari into believing visitors had interacted with the page and therefore allowing third-party cookies.
What the company did not intend to enable, however, was the use of cookies by third party advertisers. Google said that the cookies were not collected personal information and that it would be removing the cookies from affected systems.
Super Cookies’ Unfortunately it’s not all good news this year, as several companies (most notably Kissmetrics) were the recipients of some serious bad press and legal action for use of so-called “Super cookies” in July.
Remarketing (retargeting) cookies – Cookies can be set, via a small snippet of JavaScript code, on any section of your site to segment users. This pulls from behavioral data gathered from AdSense and remarketing cookies, social connections from...
