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What are cookies?
A cookie is a very small text file placed on your hard drive by a web page server. It is essentially your identification card, and cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. It is uniquely yours and can only be read by the server that gave it to you.
A cookie's purpose is to tell the server that you returned to that web page.
If you personalise pages, or register for products or services, a cookie helps the website to remember who you are. If you need to log in to a website, as you need to do if you are a landlord using the Venues Database, the cookie remembers your log in, and lets you view all the pages that are password protected. The cookie you receive from the Venues Database is not a security risk, or invasion of your privacy.
If you want to control which cookies you accept:
A. You can order your browser to accept all cookies or to alert you every time a cookie is offered. Then you can decide whether to accept one or not.
If you're using Internet Explorer 6.0:
1.
Choose Tools, then
2.
Internet Options.
3.
Click the Privacy tab,
4.
Default setting is medium. Move the slider to determine which setting
you prefer.
5.
You can also click on Advanced for specialised cookie treatment.
If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0:
1.
Choose Tools, then
2.
Internet Options.
3.
Click the Security tab,
4.
Click Internet, then Custom Level.
5.
Scroll down to Cookies and choose one of the two options.
If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0:
1.
Choose View, then
2.
Internet Options.
3.
Click the Advanced tab,
4.
Scroll down to the yellow exclamation icon under Security and choose one
of the three options to regulate your use of cookies.
In Internet Explorer 3.0, go to View, Options, Advanced and click on the button that says 'Warn Before Accepting Cookies.'
If you are using Netscape Navigator 7.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
1.
Edit, then
2.
Preferences, then
3.
Privacy & Security
4.
Click on Cookies.
5.
Set your "Cookies" preferences.
If you're using Netscape Communicator 4.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
1.
Edit, then
2.
Preferences, then
3.
Click on Advanced.
4.
Set your options in the box labelled "Cookies".
How to see cookies you've accepted:
If you're using Internet Explorer 6.0
On your task bar, click:
1.
Tools, then
2.
Internet Options.
3.
Under the tab General (the default tab) click
4.
Settings, then
5.
View Files.
If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0
On your task bar, click:
• Tools, then
• Internet Options.
• Under the tab General (the default tab) click
• Settings, then
• View Files.
If you're using Internet Explorer 4.0
On your task bar, click:
• View, then
• Internet Options.
• Under the tab General (the default tab) click
• Settings, then
• View Files
Internet Explorer 3.0
On your Task Bar, click:
• View, then
• Options, then
• Advanced, then
• View Files.
Netscape Navigator 7.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
1.
Tools, then
2.
Cookie Manager, then
3.
Manage Stored Cookies.
Netscape Communicator 4.0:
Netscape bundles all cookies into one file on your hard drive. You'll need to find the file, which it calls Cookie.txt on Windows machines.
How to see the code in a cookie
A. Just click on a cookie to open it. You'll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie.
Voluntary Action Waltham Forest
Unit 37, Alpha Business Centre, South Grove, Walthamstow, London E17 7NX,
Tel: 0208 521 0377, Fax: 0208 521 1672
info@voluntaryaction-wf.org.uk
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