Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2003, User Manual

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Protecting your privacy
Customize Privacy Control
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Select the Private Information setting that you want. Your options are:
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 site, and deliver optimized
pages for your computer. However, sites can also use cookies to track your
Internet usage and browsing habits.
Change the Cookie Blocking setting to control how Norton Personal
Firewall handles sites that attempt to place cookies on your computer.
To change the Cookie Blocking setting
1
Start Norton Personal Firewall.
2
Double-click Privacy Control .
3
Click Custom Level .
4
Select the Cookie Blocking setting that you want. You have three
options:
5 Click OK .
High Blocks all private information
Medium Alerts you each time that you attempt to send private
information to a nonsecure Web site or through an
instant messenger program
None Does not block private information
High Blocks all cookies
Medium Alerts you each time that a cookie is encountered
None Allows cookies