The Privacy tab of the Internet Options dialog box allows you to control how Internet
Explorer handles cookies, which are small text files stored on your computer by websites.
Websites use cookies to store user preferences for personalized sites, and cookies
often contain personal information used to identify the user to the website.
Although most cookies are legitimate, some are not. Unsatisfactory cookies are those
that are used to provide personally identifiable information for a secondary purpose,
such as selling your e-mail address to third-party vendors, or sharing your name and
address with other companies. Because there are unsatisfactory cookies, it is important
to understand the different types of cookies, how to delete cookies, and how to change
privacy settings to prevent different types of cookies from being saved to the computer.
Your company might require that changes be made to the default settings for cookies,
too, so you need to know how to make changes if asked.
Cookies can be either persistent (they remain after Internet Explorer is closed and can
be reused) or temporary (they are deleted when Internet Explorer is closed). Also,
there are first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies originate from the website
that you are currently viewing. Third-party cookies originate from a site different
from the one that you are currently viewing but are somehow related to the current
website. For example, many sites use advertising from third-party sites, and those sites
commonly use cookies to track your website usage for advertising purposes.
You can configure the following settings to manage cookies:
■ Block All Cookies Blocks new cookies from being created and prevents access
to existing cookies. If per-site privacy settings are configured, they do not override
this setting.
■ High Blocks all cookies that use personal information without the user’s explicit
consent. If per-site privacy settings are configured, they override this setting.
■ Medium High Blocks all third-party cookies that do not have a compact privacy
policy or that use personal information without the user’s explicit consent,
and all first-party cookies that use personal information without implicit consent.
If per-site privacy settings are configured, they override this setting.
■ Medium Blocks all third-party cookies that do not have a compact privacy policy
or that use personal information without the user’s explicit consent. First-party
cookies that use personal information without implicit consent are allowed, but
they are deleted when the browser is closed. Access to first-party cookies is
restricted to first-party context if the cookie does not have a compact privacy policy.
If per-site privacy settings are configured, they override this setting.
■ Low Permits websites to store all cookies on the computer. When the browser is
closed, third-party cookies are deleted. Access to first-party cookies is restricted to
first-party context if the cookie does not have a compact privacy policy. If per-site
privacy settings are configured, they override this setting.
■ Accept All Cookies Enables all websites to store and access cookies on the
computer. If per-site privacy settings are configured, they do not override this setting.
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1 comment:
Hey
Thanx for the help kiddo, I always wanted to make changes in my
Internet Explorer but was afraid of doing so, as I m nt an expert who knows evrything abt it,,I miss one or two things while exploring its features, like u said the missing toolbar and other small issues, it is so simple to find yet we people miss it...Next time I ll be careful and Consult ur blog before exploring nything new in my Internet Explorer......
Thanx
Emy Lawson
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