Since 2000, it has been the policy of the federal government not to use cookie technology on government websites. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is now considering a change in that policy.
Government Proposes Massive Shift In Online Privacy Policy - WASHINGTON The American Civil Liberties Union submitted comments today to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) opposing its recent proposal to reverse current federal policy and allow the use of web tracking technologies, like cookies, on federal government websites. Cookies can be used to track an Internet users every click and are often linked across multiple websites; they frequently identify particular people. [ACLU Online Newsroom]
What's a cookie you ask? Read more at:
http://epic.org/privacy/internet/cookies/
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-computer-cookies.htm
You can submit your own thoughts to the OMB via e-mail to: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
