https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o How do companies or other track us, and why? en-us 2019-01-14 09:46:12 UTC 2025-03-14 03:47:13 UTC hello@padlet.com adela_vuthaj https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320430516 The three main kinds of entities who work to track users and composite profiles are: Adverties, Publishier and Aggregators.]]> 2019-01-14 17:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320430516 adela_vuthaj https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320434318 The Advertisers are companies that have products or services to sell and therefore to market them.
The Publishers are companies that publish advertisement online, with web, page content, games...
The Aggregators are companies that collect information such as the business name, address, phone number, website, description and hour of operation.]]> 2019-01-14 18:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320434318 adela_vuthaj https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320435625 With the name of cookie we think about a biscuit. But it isn’t a biscuit!]]> 2019-01-14 18:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320435625 adela_vuthaj https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320438754 A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser when the user is browsing. ]]> 2019-01-14 18:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320438754 adela_vuthaj https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320440737 Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember arbitrary pieces of information that user’s previously entered info form fields such as names, address, passwords and credit card numbers. ]]> 2019-01-14 18:11:28 UTC https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320440737 adela_vuthaj https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320444179 As you can see an example is the Zara site. Here you can find the credentials that companies require to create your profile.]]> 2019-01-14 18:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320444179 adela_vuthaj https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320690273 Perhaps most importantly authentication cookies are the most common method used by web servers to know the user is logged in with. ]]> 2019-01-15 10:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/320690273 vilma_bertola56 https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/322788933 2019-01-21 21:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/adela_vuthaj/1cm0baiu154o/wish/322788933