Flash Player security and privacy

Use these resources to learn more about how Flash Player protects your privacy and how to use the privacy controls.

How to set privacy protection

Learn how to use the Flash Player Settings Manager to choose a comfortable level of privacy protection as you browse the web:

• How do I prevent third parties from using Flash to track me across websites?
• How do I manage and disable local shared objects ("Flash cookies")?
• How do I let local Flash content communicate with the Internet?

More privacy information

Learn more about these Flash Player features and how Flash Player protects your privacy:

• What are local shared objects?
• What are third-party local shared objects?
• How does Flash Player security for local content work?
• Your privacy and Adobe Flash Player

Other resources

Your privacy and security are a critical component of great web experiences and a key component of Flash Player technology:

• Read the Adobe security principles
• Adobe security practices
• Adobe online privacy policy

Flash Player security model

The Flash Player security model is built on an industry-proven, domain-based system of security for protecting sensitive data in networked environments. Improvements in Flash Player 8 added stringent controls for applications and content executing in the local environment. Download the following white papers for an in-depth perspective of Flash Player security.

Developing for security

The first stop for security information for ActionScript developers is the Flash Player Security chapter of the Programming ActionScript 3.0 book on Adobe LiveDocs.

Updates to the Flash Player security model require developers to stay current with the latest changes to ensure their content and applications take advantage of the latest safeguards available. The Flash Player Developer Center provides hands-on resources for working with security model enhancements:

• Security changes in Flash Player 9
• Security changes in Flash Player 8
• Security changes in Flash Player 7
• More from the Flash Player Developer Center ›

Presentation: Flash Player Cross-Domain Security

Download the slides from Deneb Meketa's security presentation at MAX 2007 in Chicago:

• Flash Security: Why and How (PDF, 421k)

Other resources

Your privacy and security are a critical component of great web experiences and a key component of Flash Player technology.

• Read the Adobe security principles
• Adobe security practices
• Adobe online privacy policy