Editing Adobe Flash (section)

===Flash cookies===
{{Main|Local shared object}}
Like the [[HTTP cookie]], a [[flash cookie]] (also known as a "[[Local Shared Object]]") can be used to save application data. Flash cookies are not shared across [[Domain name|domains]]. An August 2009 study by the [[Ashkan Soltani]] and a team of researchers at [[UC Berkeley]] found that 50% of websites using Flash were also employing flash cookies, yet privacy policies rarely disclosed them, and user controls for [[Adobe Flash Player#Privacy|privacy preferences]] were lacking.<ref>{{cite journal|ssrn=1446862|title=Flash Cookies and Privacy|date=August 10, 2009 |last1=Soltani |first1=Ashkan |last2=Canty |first2=Shannon |last3=Mayo |first3=Quentin |last4=Thomas |first4=Lauren |last5=Hoofnagle |first5=Chris Jay |journal=SSRN eJournal |publisher=[[University of California, Berkeley School of Law]] }}</ref> Most browsers' cache and history suppress or delete functions did not affect Flash Player's writing Local Shared Objects to its own cache in version 10.2 and earlier, at which point the user community was much less aware of the existence and function of Flash cookies than HTTP cookies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html|title=Local Shared Objects – "Flash Cookies"|publisher=Electronic Privacy Information Center|date=July 21, 2005|access-date=March 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416041024/http://epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html|archive-date=April 16, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Thus, users with those versions, having deleted HTTP cookies and purged browser history files and caches, may believe that they have purged all tracking data from their computers when in fact Flash browsing history remains. Adobe's own Flash [https://web.archive.org/web/20120404195828/http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html Website Storage Settings panel], a submenu of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100620070041/http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html Settings Manager web application], and other [[Local Shared Object#Editors and toolkits|editors and toolkits]] can manage settings for and delete Flash Local Shared Objects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/526/52697ee8.html|title=How to manage and disable Local Shared Objects|publisher=Adobe Systems Inc.|date=September 9, 2005|access-date=March 8, 2010<!--DASHBot-->|archive-date=February 18, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100218135619/http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/526/52697ee8.html|url-status=live}}</ref>