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'''Local Shared Object (LSO)''' is a [[HTTP cookie|cookie]]-like data entity used by [[Adobe Flash]] Player.

'''Local Shared Object (LSO)''' is a [[HTTP cookie|cookie]]-like data entity used by [[Adobe Flash]] Player. The application running in the Flash Player can store and retrieve data, which can consist of basic data types (such as strings or numbers) or more complex objects. The data is [[serialization|serialized]] to the user's hard disk. The Local Shared Objects<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/articles/lso/ | title=What are local shared objects?| accessdate=2007-12-05| publisher=[[Adobe_Systems|Adobe]]}}</ref> are available in Flash Players starting from version 6.

The player allows web content to read and write LSO data to the computer's local drive on a per-___domain basis<ref>{{web cite| url = http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flash/whitepapers/security.pdf | title = Macromedia Flash MX Security| publisher=[[Adobe_Systems|Adobe]] | date=2002-03-01 | accessdate=2007-12-05}}</ref>. The Local Shared Objects<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/articles/lso/ | title=What are local shared objects?| accessdate=2007-12-05| publisher=[[Adobe_Systems|Adobe]]}}</ref> are available in Flash Players starting from version 6. This technology permits web sites to preserve state and record user data and behavior.

== Storage policy ==