Information security and individual privacy can and often are affected by those small pieces of browser software that tracks and authenticates web viewing activities by users …e.g. “cookies”.

As you can imagine, much debate goes on over this topic and how the goverment will take a policy position regarding these “cookies”.

Typically these “cookies” and how they affect privacy and information security are thought of relevant to individuals.  However, they are also relevant to the activities conducted by individuals working in business environment and have the potential to violate individual privacy rights in any case.

Eric Chabrow, in his blog “The Public Eye” does a good job keeping tabs on our federal government’s efforts to protect its citizen’s privacy — particularly when applied to writing and enforcing a “federal cookie policy”.

Click here to read more about this often overlooked element of risk to privacy.