Disney etc sued over zombie cookie practices

CNET reports on a California suit against Disney, Warner Bros, and some other big pockets. The suit alleges that, on their behalf, Clearspring (famous as the creators of ShareThis) used Flash cookies to re-install deleted http cookies on user’s machines, contravening the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, California’s Computer Crime law, and that state’s Invasion of Privacy Act. The filers are seeking class action status.

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One comment on the story adds a cautionary note:

browsers have options to disable third-party cookies, but like http cookies, it removes functionality from websites. now, this all wouldnt be a problem if the user would just clear cookies every time they open or close their browser. which brings us to Local Shared Objects (LSO), better known as flash cookies because right now only Adobe Flash makes use of it. however, when HTML5 becomes standard, H.264 will make use of LSO as well. right now, Adobe doesnt allow flash cookies to read across domains, so for now, we dont have to worry about privacy issues on that front. i very much doubt HTML5 will come with the same guarantee.

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