Cookies

How to Manage Cookies

This is an important part of safe and efficient web browsing. Settings in web browsers are as follows: 1. Deleting cookies 2. Block/customize cookies 3. Allow cookies

Managing Cookies in Google Chrome

1. Blocking/allowing cookies by default 2. Deleting cookies 3. Making exceptions for cookies from specific websites or domains

Deleting Cookies in Mozilla Firefox

1. Click the "Menu" button 2. Click "Options" 3. Select how much history you want to clear: click the drop-down menu next to "Time Range" to choose how much of your history Firefox will clear (the Last Hour, the Last 2 Hours, the Last 4 Hours, the Current Day, or Everything). Use the check boxes to select what information you want to clear from your history. 4. Click the "Clear Now" button. The window will close and the items you have e selected will be cleared from your history.

Adjusting Cookie Settings in Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge 2. Press the three dot "Setting and More" button on the top right. 3. Select "Settings" from the menu that shows up and then tap or click "Clear browsing data". 4. Select "Choose what to clear". It is recommended to select "Cookies and website data". 5. Click "Clear".

Managing Cookies in Mozilla Firefox

Allows you to block, accept, delete cookies Only stores information you provide

Managing Cookies in Safari

Allows you to block, accept, delete cookies Changing cookie preferences may impact other apple apps.

Third-Party Cookies

Created by a website other than the one you are currently visiting and are used to track your surfing habits. These are considered an invasion of privacy.

First-Party Cookies

Created by a website you visit. They keep track of your personal preferences and the current web browsing session

Privacy Risks Associated with Cookies

Organizations can use cookies to track your surfing behavior. Your surfing behavior creates a profile that can be sold to third parties

Cookie

Small text file of information created by websites you visit that is stored by the web browser on the computers hard disk.

Persistent Cookies

Small text files stored on a hard drive, are not lost when the web browser is closed. Key Points: 1. User preferences 2. Password and username information 3. Internet protocol (IP) address 4. Data on web surfing behavior

Session Cookies

Small text files that are stored in temporary memory. Key Points: 1. Track the start and end of a browsing session on a web page 2. Track traffic on a web page 3. Track which browsers are accessing the web page