New Guidelines for Web Tracking Ensure More Privacy

Courtesy Mashable!  Thu, 07/02/2009 - 06:12

privacy imageSurf the web for a couple of minutes, and – usually without anyone asking you – you’re giving away a lot of personal data to the various companies that are tracking your browsing habits.

Yes, you can set your browser security to high and turn off cookies, but then half of the web won’t work properly.

In the end, people just accept the fact that they’re being tracked and stop caring about it, even if it has serious implications for...

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