What a Cookie Is Used For?

1. To make targeted advertisements

2. Remember your password and username

3. Make sure you are the person you say you are when visiting a shopping cart site.

4. Record your preferences when you shop.

5. Record your items you plan to buy on a shopping cart site.

6. Personalize a site that allows you to see the information you are only interested in.

The information on a cookie will usually give you a random id. This information identifies your browser and your connection not YOU. Cookies can store personal identification, but only information such as your name, e-mail, address and other information that YOU have provided to that site. So if you fill out a form on a site, that information is saved. The computer will give you an id code and stores a cookie on your computer. The computer then remembers your information that is stored on their computer next time you visit. The cookie is the communication to that site. Cookies can not transmit viruses nor do they look into your personal files. They only contain the information you have provided to that site.

If you are concerned about your privacy. Check out the website's privacy statement. This will inform you what the website will do with your personal information YOU provide that site. You should stay away from sites that share your information with others. Sharing your information usually puts you on Spam lists

You can change the settings in Internet Explorer so that you are notified when a website wants to save a cookie to your computer. This is done in the privacy and security section of the internet options of your browser. However it should be noted that some shopping websites like www.lotsoflaptops.com require cookies to keep track of your shopping cart and bring you thru the ordering process.


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