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Why do many people refuse to enable cookies on their computer?”

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Why do many people refuse to enable cookies on their computer?”

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A cookie is a small amount of information used by some web sites. A web site that sets cookies will ask your browser to place one or more cookies on your hard disk when you visit the site. Later, when you return to the site, your browser sends back the cookies that belong to the site.

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There are a number of ways to manage cookies. If you use different computers in different locations you will need to ensure that each browser is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences. Because a lot of privacy polices are long and complicated and take time to read, most modern browsers have a feature that will analyse website privacy policies and allow a user to control their privacy needs.Most commercial sites have privacy policies in regards to the information that they gather or pass on to third parties that they gain from you visting their site.Sites like Yahoo and the broadband arm of o2 do and should disclose their policies towards information collected by your visiting their site.These are known as “P3P” features ( Privacy Preferences Platform). Find further information on P3P. If the website you are visiting, is commercial in nature and does not have a privacy policy, be wary. You can easily delete any cookies that have been installed in the cookie folder of your browser. For

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