There's 'clearly an issue with the lifespan of some cookies' warns ICO

Danny Palmer
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Information Commissioner's Office discovers some website cookies are set up to last almost 8,000 years

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has criticised the way some websites use cookies, after an international privacy study revealed that a cookie can last up to 7,984 years. The study, l...

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