Protecting Internet Privacy

You can set Internet privacy options to protect your personal identity from unauthorized access. The privacy options allow you to block or permit cookies for web sites in the Internet zone; however, when you block cookies, you might not be able to access all the features of a web site. When a web site violates your cookie policy, a red icon appears on the status bar. To find out if the web site you are viewing in Internet Explorer contains third-party cookies or whether any cookies have been restricted, you can get a privacy report. The privacy report lists all the web sites with content on the current Web page and shows how all the web sites handle cookies.

Control the Use of Cookies

Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel, double-click the Internet Options in Classic view.

Click the Privacy tab.

Drag the slider to select the level of privacy you want.

Click OK.

Delete All Cookies

Click the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options.

Click the General tab.

Click Delete Cookies.

Click OK, and then click OK again.

Did You Know?

You can view a web site's privacy policy summary . Click the Start button, click Internet, click the View menu, click Privacy Report, select a web site, and then click Summary.