Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2003, User Manual

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Protecting your privacy
Customize Privacy Control
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To set the Privacy Level
1 Start Norton Personal Firewall.
2 Double-click Privacy Control .
3 Move the slider to the Privacy Level that you want. Your options are:
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 Norton Personal
Firewall handles attempts to send information on the Private Information
list over the Internet.
To change the Private Information setting
1
Start Norton Personal Firewall.
2
Double-click
Privacy Control
.
3
Click
Custom Level
.
High All personal information is blocked and an alert appears
each time that a cookie is encountered.
Medium
(recommended) An alert appears if private information is typed into a
Web form or instant messenger program. Conceals your
browsing from Web sites. Cookies are not blocked.
Minimal Confidential information is not blocked. Cookies are not
blocked. Conceals your browsing from Web sites.