How to Identify Tracking Cookies
With the increase of technology, particularly through advances in the Internet, tech savvy website creators or hackers employ Web cookies to track the user's sensitive information. A cookie is a piece of data text that is unloaded and lodged in the storage compartment of your computer system. This phenomenon occurs when you are visiting a website with a built-in cookie. The cookie then follows the user's activity, keeping track of shopping preferences, browsing selections and even login information. Although aspects of the cookie are illegal, use of them is common. You are well-advised to learn how to track cookies and delete them.
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Instructions
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Windows Operating System Instructions
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Open your Internet browser, and let it take you to your homepage.
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Click "Tools" on the menu bar on the top of your screen.
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Click "Internet Options" on the drop-down menu.
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Click on "Settings" after the section on browsing history.
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Click on "View Files" on the next page that pops up. You will then be taken to a folder titled "Temporary Internet Files."
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Scroll through these files. Any mention of the word cookie can be deleted by right-clicking on the word with your mouse and choosing "Delete."
Mac Operating System Instructions
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Open your Internet browser, and let it take you to your homepage.
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Click "Preferences" on the menu bar on the top of your screen.
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Click "Privacy" on the drop-down menu.
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Click on "Show Cookies" after the section on browsing history appears.
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Scroll through these files, and click on the site name with "Cookie" written next to it, then click on "Delete Cookie" to remove it from your system.
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