4 Years of EU Cookie Law: Results and Lessons Learned

Personalized advertisement has changed the web. It lets websites monetize the content they offer. The downside is the continuous collection of personal information with significant threats to personal privacy. In 2002, the European Union (EU) introduced a first set of regulations on the use of onlin...

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Main Authors: Trevisan Martino, Traverso Stefano, Bassi Eleonora, Mellia Marco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-04-01
Series:Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2019-0023
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spelling doaj-20e6b0ad65f9430c803c9a53c76a2b762021-09-05T14:01:09ZengSciendoProceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies2299-09842019-04-012019212614510.2478/popets-2019-0023popets-2019-00234 Years of EU Cookie Law: Results and Lessons LearnedTrevisan Martino0Traverso Stefano1Bassi Eleonora2Mellia Marco3Politecnico di TorinoPolitecnico di Torino, Ermes Cyber Security SRLPolitecnico di TorinoPolitecnico di Torino, Ermes Cyber Security SRLPersonalized advertisement has changed the web. It lets websites monetize the content they offer. The downside is the continuous collection of personal information with significant threats to personal privacy. In 2002, the European Union (EU) introduced a first set of regulations on the use of online tracking technologies. It aimed, among other things, to make online tracking mechanisms explicit to increase privacy awareness among users.https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2019-0023privacyweb trackingcookie laweprivacy directive
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Bassi Eleonora
Mellia Marco
4 Years of EU Cookie Law: Results and Lessons Learned
Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
privacy
web tracking
cookie law
eprivacy directive
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Traverso Stefano
Bassi Eleonora
Mellia Marco
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title 4 Years of EU Cookie Law: Results and Lessons Learned
title_short 4 Years of EU Cookie Law: Results and Lessons Learned
title_full 4 Years of EU Cookie Law: Results and Lessons Learned
title_fullStr 4 Years of EU Cookie Law: Results and Lessons Learned
title_full_unstemmed 4 Years of EU Cookie Law: Results and Lessons Learned
title_sort 4 years of eu cookie law: results and lessons learned
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series Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
issn 2299-0984
publishDate 2019-04-01
description Personalized advertisement has changed the web. It lets websites monetize the content they offer. The downside is the continuous collection of personal information with significant threats to personal privacy. In 2002, the European Union (EU) introduced a first set of regulations on the use of online tracking technologies. It aimed, among other things, to make online tracking mechanisms explicit to increase privacy awareness among users.
topic privacy
web tracking
cookie law
eprivacy directive
url https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2019-0023
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