Recent Articles About Online Privacy

Cookies themselves are harmless. Privacy concerns come into play with how they are used.

Learn about the two main types of computer cookies, first-party and third-party cookies. One aims to help improve your web browsing experience, while the other is for tracking and targeted advertising.

Flash cookies were once used by Adobe Flash Player to store complex information, but these cookies are now obsolete. Learn why plus how to stop unwanted cookies from tracking you online.

Netscape Navigator might be a throwback to simpler times, but it's still important to manage its cookies correctly.

If you haven’t checked your privacy settings, you could be exposing more data than you would like. Here’s how to update your settings across operating systems and devices to stay safe.

Learn how internet ads figure out what you like or do by tracking your web browsing activity, and how to avoid them by blocking third-party cookies.

Many websites make their money using third-party ad serving companies.

Want to prevent trackers from using cookies and website data to find out where you go online? We’ll show you how to enable or disable your Safari cookies in this easy-to-follow guide.

Learn all about how to manage cookies in Microsoft Edge, including how to clear the cache, remove your browsing history, and delete cookies.

When you use Google Chrome, it saves information from the websites you visit. Clearing these files, called cookies, may fix some of your computer issues. Here's how.

Disabling cookies is a default setting for Firefox, but you can take your online privacy a step further by also blocking third-party cookies and trackers.

If you’re new to the Opera Browser experience and want to manage cookies, this article’s for you. With a few pointers, you’ll be an Opera pro in no time.

Opt-out cookies help you block third-party advertisements. Here's how to use them to your benefit.

Cookes help websites remember your personal preferences, but clearing them can help you protect your online privacy. Here's how to clean up your computer cookies on all popular browsers.

Cookies are everywhere, even on your mobile devices.

Web browsers use computer cookies to save information about your habits. So, where are cookies stored? We cover all you need to know about finding your cookies in this article.

Computer cookies are essential to the modern web, but they're also a security risk. Here’s when you should and shouldn’t accept cookies.

While session cookies are temporary files that disappear when you close your browser, persistent cookies linger until they expire or you remove them. Both can improve your online experience, but persistent cookies can track you, too.

If you’re concerned about internet tracking, you’ll want to know how web beacons affect you.

Internet cookies ensure websites remember who you are so you can have a smooth browsing experience. But not all cookies are bad. Here’s what to know.

Learn how session cookies are used to personalize your web browsing experience.