Are the cookies that reside in your computer necessary? Sometimes yes. Let's say you use the Internet Explorer browser to access the Web. Each time you download a page, your computer accesses a ...

Q:. I run a program called Spybot that searches out unwanted third-party entries on my computer. It always turns up a lot of tracking cookies. I do not know how they get there, but I am sure if my ...

PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. >> YOUR COOKIES KNOW A LOT ABOUT YOU. >> A COOKIE IS A FILE THAT A WEBSITE PUTS ON YOUR MACHINE, ON TO THAT WENT. YOUR BANK DOES IT SO IT KNOWS IT IS YOU THAT HAS ...

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Most net users know that websites place cookies on your computer (it's how they remember your name and address details). But do they somehow track you, raising prices when you return to a website to ...