User Guide

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4Privacy Features
Internet Guard D og’s Privacy features protect browsing a nd personal
information that you don’t want anybodyto access as a result of your surfing
through the Internet.
What Cookie Blocker does
Cookiesaresmallfil esthat your Webbrowsers tores onyourPCatthe 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 M icrosoft Expedia
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,usecookiesto
store your password and preferences so that you can automatically log on to
the site. Fora moredetailed description of cookies,see “What are cookies and
how a re they used?” on page 65.
Internet Guard Dog’s Cookie Blocker offers three options for controlling the
use of cookies on your computer. Internet Guard D og 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 provides
you the option either to accept the cookie or not.
When setting up Cookie Blocker in Protection Settings, you can select one
optionfordirectsitesandanotherforindirectsites. Directsites arethose that
you deliberately access. For example: typing the URL address in the
location bar of your Web browser; clicking a link in a Web page; or
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 co ntent fromanother 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 Internet Guard Dog’s
recommendation on how to respond to cookies, Cookie blocker will:
• Automatically allow cookies to be accepted from direct sites.
• Displ ay an alert message when an indirect sites tries to set a cookie.