The character of consent: the history of cookies and the future of technology policy

"A timely history of digital consent told through the mundane yet highly contested web cookie: confronting cookies is an everyday experience for weary internet travelers, who click through and dodge cookie notifications each day. As part of an "arrangement" wherein services are exchan...

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1. Verfasser: Jones, Meg Leta (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press [2024]
Schriftenreihe:Information policy series
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Zusammenfassung:"A timely history of digital consent told through the mundane yet highly contested web cookie: confronting cookies is an everyday experience for weary internet travelers, who click through and dodge cookie notifications each day. As part of an "arrangement" wherein services are exchanged for data, the use of cookies has been justified by notification practices like privacy policies and terms of service, and individuals "agree" to the arrangement by continuing on the site or clicking a box--thereby "consenting" to invasive data collection, analysis, and sharing"--
Beschreibung:x, 274 pages illustrations 23 cm
ISBN:9780262547949
0262547945