The Character of Consent - The History of Cookies and the Future of Technology Policy

The rich, untold origin story of the ubiquitous web cookie--what’s wrong with it, why it’s being retired, and how we can do better. Consent pop-ups continually ask us to download cookies to our computers, but is this all-too-familiar form of privacy protection effective? No, Meg Leta Jones explains in Instead of asking

Table des matières

Contents
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: COOKIES AND CONSENTING CHARACTERS 3
CHAPTER 2: COMPUTING THE DATA SUBJECT 18
CHAPTER 3: NETWORKING THE USER 47
CHAPTER 4: MAINTAINING STATE FOR THE PRIVACY CONSUMER 65
CHAPTER 5: CONTESTING COOKIES FOR DATA PRIVACY 88
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION: THE (FORCED) RETIREMENT OF COOKIES 105

A propos de l'auteur

Meg Leta Jones is Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor in the Communication, Culture & Technology program at Georgetown University and the author of Ctrl+Z: The Right to Be Forgotten. She is also a core faculty member of the Science, Technology and International Affairs program in Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, a faculty affiliate with the Institute for Technology Law & Policy at Georgetown Law Center, and a faculty fellow at the Georgetown Ethics Lab.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Meg Leta Jones, Jones Meg Leta
• Edition: The MIT Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 18.06.2024
• EAN: 9780262547949
• ISBN: 978-0-262-54794-9
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Thème: Information Policy
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique > Général, dictionnaires; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, Technology: general issues, History of engineering and technology, COMPUTERS / Internet / Online Safety & Privacy