Violation of privacy?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 337.

The web bugs can dig out details about your computer, and work best together with cookies - files that log what you do on a website - and can interrogate them to find out more about you.

Often only a pixel in size, they can gather information such as the user's IP address or the type of browser used to retrieve the bug.

Web bugs are hidden graphics embedded in web pages primed to collect information about visitors to the site.

Hidden within webpages

Web bugs are crawling over the internet, secretly collecting information about surfing habits, says a new report.

Web bugs spying on net users

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Internet tracking firm Cyveillance found that the use of web bugs, has risen by almost 500% over the past three years. A web page was nearly five times more likely to contain a web bug today than in 1998, said the report.

«As public awareness levels begin to rise, the fact the websites are collecting information from visitors without permission is likely to generate more controversy,» said the report.

«The proliferation of web bugs combined with the explosive growth of the internet and vast online partner networks multiplies the risk to the average company of association with privacy concerns,» said the report authors, Brian H.Murray and James J.Cowart.

“The collection of visitor information through web bugs...could be considered a violation of privacy policies, exposing a company to unwanted repercussions in terms of corporate and brand image,” said the report author, Brian H Murray.

spy – займатися шпигунством

habits – звички

permission – дозвіл

generate – породжувати

retrieve - возстановлювати

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