How to work with privacy settings in IE
Date Added: Feb 21, 2011 |
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| Software makers have lately come under a lot of pressure from users and regulators to provide adequate privacy protecting features with their offerings. As the internet continues to become more open, thanks to the likes of Facebook, people have become conscious about how and what they share online. This has driven software makers to offer privacy protection tools that not only offer an unhindered user experience but also help the companies gain users' trust.
Privacy protection has become a most sought after feature among web browsers. Popular web browsers such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer, allow users to control web browser cookies. Cookies are primarily used by websites to track a user's online activity on particular websites for target based advertising and offering a customized user experience.
Internet Explorer browser comes with five different privacy settings that users take control of how their data is being shared online. In case you are looking at third party tools to protect your privacy please visit our section on privacy tools
The Block All Cookies setting will prevent websites from accessing or installing cookies on the web browser. However, users with this setting might not be able to view certain websites or access personalized features. Meanwhile, the 'High' setting blocks cookies that don't have the desired policy or have a policy of sharing users' information without their consent. The Medium High setting has the same function but also blocks first party cookies that don't have a compact privacy policy. The Medium level also blocks third party cookies without compact privacy policy or those that share user information. However, first party cookies are allowed but are deleted once the users have closed the web browser.
The Low setting allows first and third party cookies that use personally identifiable information but they are deleted once the browser is closed. The Accept All Cookies option offers no privacy protection at all and is advised not to activate this setting.
These settings can be accessed from Privacy tab under Internet Options, which can be viewed from the Tools menu.
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