Email this to a friend. Abraham said he wants to make sure that the privacy rights of anyoneusing DOE Web sites are protected. Federal policies issued bythe Office of Management and Budget in June 1999 and June 2000 will be applied. Tom Welch, DOE spokesman, said the review is part of the department'songoing efforts to make sure its Web sites are up to par. OMB banned persistent cookies from federal Web sites in all but themost unusual circumstances.
Persistent cookies are pieces of computer codeplaced on an Internet user's computer by a Web site.
They track the user'smovement from page to page through the Web site, and some track movementsfrom site to site.