The EU's Court of Justice has ruled that consumers must actively agree to have cookies installed on their computers. In a judgment handed down on Tuesday, the court said websites cannot legally obtain ...

A majority of European Internet users expect companies to ask for permission to track their activities online using cookies, privacy management company Truste said Thursday. But despite the 2009 ...

Internet users will not be warned before cookies are installed on their computers if the European Parliament accepts the recommendations of one of its key committees. The Committee on Citizens' ...

Google will pay $17m to settle claims by dozens of US states that it bypassed privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser designed to block third-party ad cookies. The deal with 37 states and the ...