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Re: [ICANN-EU] protection of privacy
- To: icann-europe@fitug.de
- Subject: Re: [ICANN-EU] protection of privacy
- From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
- Date: 19 Aug 2000 12:39:39 +0200
- Comment: This message comes from the icann-europe mailing list.
- In-Reply-To: Marc Lehmann's message of "Fri, 18 Aug 2000 22:03:33 +0200"
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Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> writes:
> I would like to hear more specifics on why cookies violate privacy?
They can be used for user tracking. But user tracking isn't bad per
se, there are generally accepted applications. For example, you
certainly want a shop to keep track of the contents of your shopping
cart.