Symantec NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2004, User Manual

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Protecting your privacy
Customize Privacy Control
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To set the Privacy Level
1
In the main window, double-click
Privacy Control
.
2 In the Privacy Control window, in the Privacy Control
settings for drop-down list, select the account that you
want to change.
3 Move the slider to the Privacy Level that you want.
4 Click OK .
Adjust individual Privacy Control settings
You can change the settings for Private Information,
Cookie Blocking, Browser Privacy, and Secure
Connections if the Privacy Level settings do not meet
your needs. For example, you can choose to block all
attempts to send private information while allowing Web
sites to customize their pages using your browser
information.
Change the Private Information setting
Change the Private Information setting to control how
Privacy Control handles attempts to send information on
the Private Information list over the Internet.
To change the Private Information setting
1 In the main window, double-click Privacy Control .
2 In the Privacy Control window, in the Privacy Control
settings for drop-down list, select the account that you
want to change.
3 Click Custom Level .
4 Select the Private Information setting that you want.
5 Click OK .
Change the Cookie Blocking setting
Many Web sites store information they collect in cookies
placed on your hard disk. When you return to a site that
has set a cookie on your computer, the Web server opens
and reads the cookie.
Most cookies are harmless. Sites use them to personalize
Web pages, remember choices that you have made on the