COOKIES

Cookies

When you browse the web, you need to know that some of the website that you visit could be storing your web usage patterns and other personal information small pieces of software which are called cookies.

Cookies are data sent from a website and stored in a user’s web browser while a user is browsing a website. These cookies contain your personal information and allow the website company to build a profile of sites that you visit over time.

They do this to gather information about a particular population buying the product which can be sold to other companies. There is a risk to the privacy of your information in allowing your browser to accept cookies.

Guarding your privacy from cookies

Do not allow your browser to store cookies and clear cookies from your computer manually from time to time .If you are using internet explorer in order to disable cookies, follow the steps given below:

                

1)    Open internet explorer by clicking the start button, and then clicking internet explorer.

2)   Click the tools button, and then click internet options.

3)    Click the privacy tab, under settings, move the slider to the top to block all cookies, and then click OK.

WAY TO N IDEA- while using internet, in the URL tab instead of http, type https. This is because when we join s it prevents our data theft by other. It enables good security.

REMEMBER

BLOCKING COOKIES MIGHT PREVENT SOME WEB PAGES FROM DISPLAYING CORRECTLY.

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