Symantec CEO Urges Cookie Notification

September 19, 2007 By AOIFE WHITE, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- The head of a leading security software vendor denounced the use of data files commonly used by Google Inc. and other Web sites to track user activity, saying such sites should seek permission ahead of time.

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