<i>WebTrackingScore:</i> A Combined Web Tracking Risk Score System for Websites
Privacy awareness has increased in recent years. In many countries, websites warn users about their use of cookies and Web browsers provide mechanisms to protect user privacy. However, it is not easy for users to understand tracking risks associated with browsing a given website. To address this, se...
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| author | Álvaro D. Guillén Cava Antonio Ruiz-Martínez |
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| description | Privacy awareness has increased in recent years. In many countries, websites warn users about their use of cookies and Web browsers provide mechanisms to protect user privacy. However, it is not easy for users to understand tracking risks associated with browsing a given website. To address this, several privacy scanners have emerged to evaluate the privacy practices of websites. However, the scores these scanners provide are often limited to a small number of Web tracking indicators and are thus incomplete. To overcome this limitation, in this paper, we present <i>WebTrackingScore</i>, which provides users with a simple and intuitive indication of the privacy risk associated with visiting a website from a tracking perspective. Its design is based on an in-depth analysis of tracking mechanisms and the behaviour of some of the most frequently visited sites. Based on <i>WebTrackingScore</i>, we have analysed how the most popular websites are classified. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ead2aa610d5a43d0adfc46f8801b217b2025-01-24T13:33:32ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032024-12-01171310.3390/fi17010003<i>WebTrackingScore:</i> A Combined Web Tracking Risk Score System for WebsitesÁlvaro D. Guillén Cava0Antonio Ruiz-Martínez1Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, SpainDepartment of Information and Communications Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, SpainPrivacy awareness has increased in recent years. In many countries, websites warn users about their use of cookies and Web browsers provide mechanisms to protect user privacy. However, it is not easy for users to understand tracking risks associated with browsing a given website. To address this, several privacy scanners have emerged to evaluate the privacy practices of websites. However, the scores these scanners provide are often limited to a small number of Web tracking indicators and are thus incomplete. To overcome this limitation, in this paper, we present <i>WebTrackingScore</i>, which provides users with a simple and intuitive indication of the privacy risk associated with visiting a website from a tracking perspective. Its design is based on an in-depth analysis of tracking mechanisms and the behaviour of some of the most frequently visited sites. Based on <i>WebTrackingScore</i>, we have analysed how the most popular websites are classified.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/17/1/3web trackingfingerprintingstateful web trackingstateless web trackingprivacy assessment |
| spellingShingle | Álvaro D. Guillén Cava Antonio Ruiz-Martínez <i>WebTrackingScore:</i> A Combined Web Tracking Risk Score System for Websites Future Internet web tracking fingerprinting stateful web tracking stateless web tracking privacy assessment |
| title | <i>WebTrackingScore:</i> A Combined Web Tracking Risk Score System for Websites |
| title_full | <i>WebTrackingScore:</i> A Combined Web Tracking Risk Score System for Websites |
| title_fullStr | <i>WebTrackingScore:</i> A Combined Web Tracking Risk Score System for Websites |
| title_full_unstemmed | <i>WebTrackingScore:</i> A Combined Web Tracking Risk Score System for Websites |
| title_short | <i>WebTrackingScore:</i> A Combined Web Tracking Risk Score System for Websites |
| title_sort | i webtrackingscore i a combined web tracking risk score system for websites |
| topic | web tracking fingerprinting stateful web tracking stateless web tracking privacy assessment |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/17/1/3 |
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