Method and system for website data access monitoring

摘要

In a network comprising number of web sites and at least one simulator web page calls are simulated or monitored and the response to the calls, including content, re-directed calls and cookies are examined in order to identify whether the content of cookies has been written or modified illegally. Illegal modification of content of cookies is referred to as writing of data by a Buyer in cookies of a User that was directed to the Buyer by a Data Publisher, without the consent of the Data Publisher. In some embodiments when illegal cookies are identified an alert may be issued to a user.

主权项

1. In a network comprising plurality of web sites and at least one simulator a method comprising:
calling a web page by simulating a web browser page call; identifying, using a processor, in received content and cookies if a cookie which is used to store behavioral related information was written by an unauthorized entity,
the identifying further comprising identifying that the cookie is an illegal cookie based on a number of lines in the cookies and from a structure of data contained in the received cookies,
wherein the structure is an arrangement of the data, said cookie written by an unauthorized entity being the illegal cookie.