Block third-party cookies and protect your privacy (All)

Cookies are text files placed on your hard drive by websites you visit. Only the site that placed the cookie can read information stored in the cookie. The only personal information in the cookie is information you actively supplied that website, but cookies can store technical information like pages you visited on the site. Most commercial sites required cookies to work effectively. Third-party cookies are files placed on your drive by advertisers who have positioned an ad on the pages you visit. Because the same advertiser may have ads on many different sites, cookies created by the advertiser can contain a record of the sites you visit. This allows the advertiser to target ads that match your personal interests. To block third-party cookies, select Start | Settings | Control Panel | Internet Options. Click on the Privacy tab and then click the Advanced button. Select the Override Automatic Cookie Handling check box, and then choose to accept first-party cookies and to block third-party cookies. Select the Always Allow Session Cookies check box, and then click OK and close the Control Panel. You now accept the cookies you need, but block cookies you don't want.