This document explains what cookies are, what they serve, and how to configure Mozilla Firefox to control how they are stored on your computer.
Setting a cookies
A cookie is a text file created on your computer by a website to store information, such as your preferences visit. When a site uses cookies, he may ask Firefox to create one or more on your hard drive. When you return to the site, Firefox returns the cookies from this site, which may therefore present information tailored to your preferences.
Cookies may also contain personal information used to identify you or contact you, such as your name, address or phone number. However, a site from accessing the information you have given him. Thus, it can not guess your e-mail or access other information that you do not have data.
Establishment of rules for managing cookies-
By default Firefox accepts all cookies, including those that could be used to recognize you indefinitely. If that does not suit you, you can ask Firefox to delete all cookies at closing:
1. Select Tools> Options Edit> Preferences Firefox> Preferences and then open the Privacy panel
2. Select the closure of Firefox in the drop-down list
If you want to allow sites you trust to store cookies (eg to allow you to automatically identify a site), click Exceptions, enter the address of the site, and click Allow.
Accept cookies --
If you do not want to accept all cookies, regardless of the site from which it comes, uncheck the box. Beware, some sites may not work if cookies are not allowed. If you want to allow certain sites to store cookies, open the Exceptions -Cookies by clicking the Exceptions, enter the address of the site, and click Allow or Allow for session
Accept third-party cookies-
Sometimes a website can display content hosted on another website. This content can be presented in any form from an image to a text or an advertisement. The other host has the ability to store a cookie in Firefox, even if you have not visited the site directly.
Allow or disallow cookies-
If you've chosen ask me every time in the drop-down list to the store: you will see a dialog whenever a site tries to store a cookie on your computer, with the following options:
Allow: To allow this particular cookie, just click on Allow. Use this if you trust the site.
Permit during the session: If you want to allow this cookie for now, but it was deleted when Firefox is closed, click Allow in the session. Use this if the site does not work without cookies, but you do not want a permanent cookie for this site.
Banning: If you do not want a cookie is created, click Prohibit. Use this if you do not trust the site or if you suspect that jeopardize your privacy.
Apply this choice for all cookies from this site: Check this box before clicking on a button if you want Firefox to remember your decision and do pose the question in the future. The site will be added to the exceptions window cookies, where you can change your choice if you change your mind later.
The window of exceptions cookies-
Access this window by clicking the Exceptions ... button in the options preferences cookies. You can define, for some sites, exceptions to general preferences options cookies. Using exceptions, you can allow all cookies, reject all or authorize but removing the closure of Firefox, regardless of your other cookie settings.
The display of cookies-
Use the Cookies window to view and delete cookies. To access, click the Show Cookies button in the options preferences cookies.
To delete cookies from a site, select the site and click Delete Cookies. To remove all cookies, click Remove All Cookies.
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