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Control Cookies
Computer cookies are small text files that store information about the websites you have visited and the things you did on those sites. Cookies come in two flavors:
trustworthy — which assist and support your Internet usage
and tracking — which are used by Internet marketers to show you customized advertisements.
To control the cookies that are placed on your computer, do the following:
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Tools drop-down menu.
3. Select Internet Options.
4. A window opens. Click the Privacy tab.
5. Click the Advanced button.
6. Put a checkmark in the Override Automatic Cookie Handling box.
7. Under the First-party Cookies heading, click the Block button.
8. Put a checkmark in the Always Allow Session Cookies box. This allows websites to place a cookie on your computer that expires the moment you exit the site (which means the cookie cannot be used to track you).
9. Under the Third-party Cookies heading, click the Block button
10. Click the OK button.
11. Now you should be back at the Privacy screen. Click the Sites button.
12. A window opens. In the Address of Web Site box, type the address of trustworthy websites that need cookies to function properly (Web e-mail services such as Hotmail, financial institutions such as your bank or credit-card company, e-merchants such as Amazon.com and eBay, and so on), and then click the Allow button.
13. Type the address of any websites you do not want to receive cookies from (online advertisers like doubleclick.net, gambling sites, and so on), and then click the Block button.
14. If you change your mind about a website and want to remove it from this list, simply highlight its name, click the Remove button, and then click OK.
15. When you are finished adding or removing websites to the list, click the OK button.
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