What are cookies, and how does PCguard Privacy Manager handle them?
Cookies are files that websites sometimes place on your computer. Websites use these files to identify you when you return to the site. Cookies not only help sites to identify repeat visitors, but they also allow them to offer you a customised experience when you return to a particular site, for example remembering your personal preferences. A tracking cookie is a cookie that is shared among two or more websites for the purpose of tracking your surfing. For example if you follow a sales lead from one website to make a purchase on another website, a tracking cookie can allow the retailer to work out how many users followed a particular ad to come to their website. PCguard Privacy Manager gives you control over which cookies are allowed to stay on your PC. The Privacy Manager also includes options for you to decide to permit certain cookies to remain on your computer, by adding them to a Trusted Web sites list. You have the option of adding the websites you use regularly to the Trusted W
Cookies are files that websites sometimes place on your computer. Websites use these files to identify you when you return to the site. Cookies not only help sites to identify repeat visitors, but they also allow them to offer you a customised experience when you return to a particular site, for example remembering your personal preferences. A tracking cookie is a cookie that is shared among two or more websites for the purpose of tracking your surfing. For example if you follow a sales lead from one website to make a purchase on another website, a tracking cookie can allow the retailer to work out how many users followed a particular ad to come to their website. PCguard Privacy Manager gives you control over which cookies are allowed to stay on your PC. The Privacy Manager also includes options for you to decide to permit certain cookies to remain on your computer, by adding them to a “Trusted Web sites” list.
