Cookie Comments Due Aug. 10
Public comments on whether the Obama administration should abolish or alter its policy barring federal Web sites from tracking users' Internet behavior are due Aug. 10, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Monday. "The goal of this review is for the federal government to continue to protect the privacy of people who visit federal government Web sites while at the same time making these Web sites more user-friendly, providing better customer service, and allowing for enhanced Web analytics," the notice states. Feedback can be submitted at Regulations.gov and Whitehouse.gov/open or by e-mail at oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and fax (202) 395-7245.
The Office of Management and Budget is considering a three-tiered approach to the use of Web tracking technologies on government sites: (1) Single-session technologies, which track users over a single session and do not maintain tracking data over multiple sessions or visits. (2) Multi-session technologies for use in analytics, which track users over multiple sessions purely to gather data to analyze Web traffic statistics. (3) Multi-session technologies for use as persistent identifiers, which track users over multiple visits with the intent of remembering data, settings, or preferences unique to that visitor for purposes beyond what is needed for analytics.
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