Kundra defends fed cookie policy plans

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra turned to blogging to explain the administration's proposal to lift a ban by federal agencies to employ cookies. It sure is an easy way to deal with a controversy, and gets the administration official out in front of the public in a really quick way.

In the White House blog posted on Tuesday, Kundra said:

"We want to make it clear that the current policy on federal agencies' use of cookies has not changed. Moreover, the policy won't change until we've read the public comments that have been submitted to ensure that we're considering all sides of the issue and are addressing privacy concerns appropriately."

Kundra also addressed what he argues are misconceptions about the proposed cookie policy.

"Some articles have hinted that the government is creating special exemptions for third-parties from existing privacy rules, with the result that there wouldn't be adequate protection of people's personal information," he said. "This is not true. The current policy in place on persistent cookies continues to apply to all federal agencies and to those agencies' use of third-party applications, whenever personal information is collected on the agency's behalf."

For more on Kundra and cookies:
- check out this govinfosecurity.com article