Cookies

Cookies are simply a method for a website to send information to a user's browser and for the browser to return the state information to the original website. The state information can be used for authentication, identification of a user session, user's preferences, shopping cart contents, or anything else that can be accomplished through storing text data on the user's computer. Although they have received a bad name, most times they are a method of facilitating Web commerce, but they can be harmful.

• Regular Cookies
• Flash Cookies

 

Regular Cookies

FAQ's about cookies. Answers many questions including how to delete a cookie
http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/

HTTP Cookie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

How Internet Cookies Work. An excellent article that describes how cookies work, what they do and what they don't do.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm

What you need to know about cookies. A good description of cookies, along with information on how to get rid of them.
http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2007/all_about_cookies.asp

 

Flash Cookies

"Flash cookies can occur when a Web site triggers a flash page, or animated sequence. They trace your movement and store a lot more information about you than normal cookies. A major disadvantage of flash cookies is that you can’t locate them in your browser. They are not shown in the list of cookies that you can see when you take a look at the cookies that are currently saved in your web browser." From
http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/04/flash-cookies-explained/

Global Storage Settings for Adobe Flash Player. At this site you can change the  settings.
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html

Information about how to clean out any existing Flash Cookies.
https://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/ccleaner-settings/cleaning-flash-cookies

Deciding which cookies to keep.
http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/ccleaner-settings/choosing-which-cookies-to-keep

If you wish to download CC Cleaner, go to the Piriform site, at https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download  When I tried to use what came up with Google there were strings attached – doubt if you want to get involved with them.

 

 

Updated September 12, 2016