How to Allow Tracking Cookies
Tracking cookies are small files that allow the websites you visit to communicate with your computer and store relevant information about your activity on the site. Websites also use tracking cookies to collect marketing data, such as what items you view, what purchases you make and what items you search for on their internal search engines. Depending upon the website, some cookies are necessary in order for the site to function properly; however, the user ultimately controls which cookies to store on his computer.
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Instructions
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Allowing Tracking Cookies in Internet Explorer
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Open your Internet Explorer browser, click "Tools" on the menu bar, and then choose "Internet Options." You can also access the necessary settings through your Windows operating system by clicking "Start," then "Control Panel," then "Internet Options" on versions earlier than Windows 7. With Windows 7, after clicking on "Control Panel," you will need to click on the "Network and Internet" link and then "Internet Options."
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Click on the "Privacy" tab on the Internet Properties box.
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Move the slider bar to the bottom setting, "Accept All Cookies," which allows tracking cookies from all websites that you visit. This setting will allow your computer to accept all cookies and will allow previously stored cookies to be readable by the websites from which they were created.
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Click on the "Advanced" button, located below the slider bar, for more individualized control over tracking cookies. Click on the box next to "Override Automatic Cookie Handling" so that you can enable the other cookie-handling options. If you want your computer to accept all cookies, both first-party (website owner) and third-party (tracking), click on the "Accept" button in each list. If you want to be notified before a cookie is installed, click on the "Prompt" button in each list.
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Click the "OK" button, then click "Apply" and "OK" in the Internet Options box. If you had your browser open, close your browser and restart it to incorporate your preferred settings.
Adjusting Cookie Settings in Firefox Browsers
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Open your Firefox browser, then click on "Tools" on the top menu bar. Next, click on "Options" and then click on the "Privacy" tab in the Options box.
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Click on the drop-down button to adjust History settings. Choose "Use custom settings for history" to activate the History menu.
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Enable tracking cookies by checking the boxes beside "Accept cookies from sites" and "Accept third-party cookies." Typically, Firefox enables all cookies by default, and individual users can then adjust the settings to meet their own needs.
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Click "Close" then click "OK" on the Options box to complete the process.
Allowing Tracking Cookies in Google Chrome
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Open your Google Chrome browser and click on the wrench icon in the upper right-hand corner to open the customization menu.
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Click on "Options" and then click the "Under the Hood" tab to access cookie settings.
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Scroll down to "Cookie Settings" in the Privacy section. Open the drop-down menu and select "Allow All Cookies" to enable tracking cookies.
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Click "Close" to complete the process and update your preferences.
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Tips & Warnings
In Firefox browsers, you can control cookies further by clicking on "Exceptions" and then entering specific websites from which you wish to allow or disallow cookies.
For Google Chrome users, if you wish to view which cookies are stored on your computer, click the "Show Cookies" button. You can then delete individual cookies by selecting each cookie from the list and then clicking the "Remove" button.
Tracking cookies, unlike first-party cookies, only benefit the third party. Any information that a tracking cookie collects from your system can then be sent to other parties and used for whatever purpose they deem fit.
