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Guard Dog's Privacy features protect browsing and personal information that
you don't want to go out on the Internet.
What Cookie Blocker does
Cookies are small files that your Web browser stores on your PC at the request
of a Web server. Each time you view a Web page from the Web server, your
browser sends the cookie back to the server. These cookies can act like a tag,
which lets the Web server track what pages you view and how often you
return to them. Some Web sites, such as Microsoft Expedia
store your password and preferences so that you can automatically log on to
the site. For a more detailed description of cookies, see "What are cookies and
how are they used?" on page 69.
Guard Dog's Cookie Blocker offers three options for controlling the use of
cookies on your PC. Guard Dog can:
• Reject all cookies.
• Accept all cookies.
• Display an alert message each time a cookie is sent to your browser. The
alert displays the name of the entity trying to set the cookie, and advises
you whether or not to accept the cookie.
When setting up Cookie Blocker in Protection Settings, you can select one
option for direct sites and another for indirect sites. Direct sites are those that
you deliberately connect to by typing the URL; clicking a link in a Web
page; or by selecting from your list of bookmarks or favorite sites. Indirect
sites are those that you access because the site you are connecting to
directly displays content from another site as part of its own content. For
example, if you went directly to Cool_site.com, it could display an ad from
Ads-r-us.com (the indirect site) in a separate frame in the Cool_site page.
If during the Interview, you accepted Guard Dog's recommendation on
how to respond to cookies, Cookie blocker will:
• Automatically allow cookies to be accepted from direct sites.
• Display an alert message when an indirect sites tries to set a cookie.
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