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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Suspicious cookie on TV licensing

I am suspicious about a cookie from reporting.tvlicensing.co.uk. Is my TV card squealing on me? Paul Stamp

No. TV Licensing says it uses cookies "to gauge use of our website and measure response to our publicity and site usage". You'll get its persistent cookie (needed to fill in forms, etc) by going to the site, and probably a tracking cookie from any web page that displays one of its banner advertisements.

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