1. What are "cookies"? What do they do?

2. Why are people challenging court rulings from 2001 and 2003 that allow websites to put cookies on a person's computer?

3. What are Flash cookies? Be specific.

4. From paragraph 8: "Some users, uncomfortable with tracking, now routinely block or delete cookies. [Chris Hoofnagle of Berkeley explained] 'There are some in the industry who do not believe that users should be able to block tracking, so they are turning to increasingly sophisticated tools to track people.'"
a) How do you feel about being tracked by companies? Explain your answer.
b) Ask a parent the same question.

5. What charges do the plaintiff's in Flash-cookie suits make against companies that use them?

6. How are Congress and the Federal Trade Commission responding to consumer complaints against privacy violations?