FYI, Bard ----- Original Message ----- From: "M.O.M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "m.o.m. email alert list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 3:38 PM Subject: COOKIE" JAR > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Del Conery > To: Sharon Gheen > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 9:03 AM > Subject: Data Collecting with cookies.txt > > Well, here's proof that not stopping "cookies.txt" will cause you > problems. If you set the attribute to > read only they can't write anything to the file, hence they can't read > anything about you. > > http://shns.scripps.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=COOKIES-06-21-00&cat=WW > > > > > | Home | The Wire | Contacts/Staff | History | Updates | > > WASHINGTON HEADLINES > > White House orders drug office: > Hands out of the 'cookie' jar > > By LANCE GAY > Scripps Howard News Service > June 21, 2000 > > WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday that its drug office has > been ordered to stop secretly collecting information on people who > visit its > anti-drug Internet sites. > > "We will take steps necessary to halt these practices now," the White > House said in a statement released through the press office. The > statement > said that contractors working with the White House Office of National > Drug > Control Policy also have been directed to destroy all information > collected > clandestinely from visitors to the anti-drug sites > > The statement said that the White House learned for the first time > Wednesday that the drug office was collecting information from users > of the > anti-drug Web sites through the use of "cookies," which are inserted > into > the computers of individuals when they visit the sites. (The practice > was > revealed in a Scripps Howard News Service story.) > > Cookies are identifiers that are inserted into the hard drives of > Internet > users as they surf the Web, and are normally used by advertising > companies > to track Internet computer users. But as the White House noted, > "cookies > can also be used to collect personal data about Web site users." > > The White House drug office employed the cookie technology to > determine > what advertisements were drawing people to the their Web sites, > www.freevibe.com and www.theantidrug.com. The agency says that more > than 500,000 youths a month are visiting its Freevibe site, which > provides > anti-drug messages for young people, and about 250,000 a month are > visiting theantidrug.com, which is a site providing drug information > to > parents of teenagers. > > The cookies were delivered as part of an advertising contract between > the > White House and the New York advertising firm Ogilvie and Mather. In > addition, theantidrug.com site was issuing cookies on its own to > visitors, > and blamed a contractor who set up the computer system for the > problem. > > "At no time has ONDCP (the drug office) requested or received any > personally identifiable information based on the use of 'cookies,' " > the White > House statement said. > > > (Lance Gay is a reporter for Scripps Howard News Service. Reach him > at > gayl(at)shns.com > > > > > SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE > 1090 Vermont Ave. N.W. Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. USA 20005 > GENERAL LINE: 1.202.408.1484 FAX: 1.202.408.5950 > > > © 1999 Scripps Howard News Service. > > All Rights Reserved. > > > > Webmaster e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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