Measuring personal privacy breaches using third-party trackers

Erica Shuford; Tara Kavanaugh; Brian Ralph; Ebrima Ceesay; Paul Watters

doi:10.1109/TrustCom/BigDataSE.2018.00236

Measuring personal privacy breaches using third-party trackers

Erica Shuford, Tara Kavanaugh, Brian Ralph, Ebrima Ceesay, Paul Watters

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Abstract

While browsing the web, cookies are stored on user's computers. Some of these cookies are 'third-party' cookies that can track the user across different websites. In this paper, we summarize what third-party cookies (trackers) are and the different types there are. We use a browser extension to examine what third party trackers are detected on popular websites. From the data collected, we examined the cookies on each website and identified common cookies. Finally, we offered solutions on how to protect browsers from unwanted third-party cookies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 17th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications and 12th IEEE International Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering, Trustcom/BigDataSE 2018
Place of Publication	Piscataway, USA
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	1615-1618
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781538643877
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom/BigDataSE.2018.00236
Publication status	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	17th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications and 12th IEEE International Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering, Trustcom/BigDataSE 2018 - New York, United States Duration: 31 Jul 2018 → 3 Aug 2018

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Conference	17th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications and 12th IEEE International Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering, Trustcom/BigDataSE 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	New York
Period	31/07/18 → 3/08/18

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© 2018 IEEE.

Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

cookies
privacy
third-party trackers

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Shuford, E., Kavanaugh, T., Ralph, B., Ceesay, E., & Watters, P. (2018). Measuring personal privacy breaches using third-party trackers. In Proceedings - 17th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications and 12th IEEE International Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering, Trustcom/BigDataSE 2018 (pp. 1615-1618). Article 8456104 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom/BigDataSE.2018.00236

Shuford, Erica ; Kavanaugh, Tara ; Ralph, Brian et al. / Measuring personal privacy breaches using third-party trackers. Proceedings - 17th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications and 12th IEEE International Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering, Trustcom/BigDataSE 2018. Piscataway, USA : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018. pp. 1615-1618

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Shuford, E, Kavanaugh, T, Ralph, B, Ceesay, E & Watters, P 2018, Measuring personal privacy breaches using third-party trackers. in Proceedings - 17th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications and 12th IEEE International Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering, Trustcom/BigDataSE 2018., 8456104, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, USA, pp. 1615-1618, 17th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications and 12th IEEE International Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering, Trustcom/BigDataSE 2018, New York, United States, 31/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/TrustCom/BigDataSE.2018.00236

Measuring personal privacy breaches using third-party trackers. / Shuford, Erica; Kavanaugh, Tara; Ralph, Brian et al.
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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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Shuford E, Kavanaugh T, Ralph B, Ceesay E, Watters P. Measuring personal privacy breaches using third-party trackers. In Proceedings - 17th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications and 12th IEEE International Conference on Big Data Science and Engineering, Trustcom/BigDataSE 2018. Piscataway, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2018. p. 1615-1618. 8456104 doi: 10.1109/TrustCom/BigDataSE.2018.00236

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