From 9ee6183b58d901ece5642984c1884eaee94437fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "cotter%netscape.com" Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:34:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ongoing help content updates per bugzilla 122806 & ADT, r=oeschger; latest legal comments --- .../en-US/chrome/common/help/privacy_help.xhtml | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/suite/locales/en-US/chrome/common/help/privacy_help.xhtml b/suite/locales/en-US/chrome/common/help/privacy_help.xhtml index 877fec4657ef..f75c22c9a844 100644 --- a/suite/locales/en-US/chrome/common/help/privacy_help.xhtml +++ b/suite/locales/en-US/chrome/common/help/privacy_help.xhtml @@ -127,18 +127,27 @@ For example, if you typically search for local weather or purchase books at a we

 

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What Are Foreign Cookies?

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What Are Third-Party Cookies?

If your browser stores a site's cookie, it will return the cookie only to that particular site. Your browser will not provide one site with cookies set by another. Since a web site can only receive its own cookies, it can keep learn about your activities while you are at that site but not your activities in general while surfing the Web.

But sometimes one web site displays content that is hosted on another web site. That content can be anything from an image to text or an advertisement. In such cases, the second web site also has the ability to store a cookie in your browser, even though you did not visit that site directly.

Cookies that are stored by the site other than the one you -think you are visiting are called foreign cookies or third-party cookies. If you -want, you can adjust your preferences so that sites can store ordinary cookies only but not foreign ones. +think you are visiting are called third-party cookies or foreign cookies. Web sites sometimes use third-party cookies with web beacons, which are special images that help sites count users, track email responses, or customize your browsing experience. Web beacons are also known as as web bugs or transparent GIFs. -

You use the Cookie Manager to specify what types of cookies you want your browser to accept. For details, see Privacy & Security Preferences - Cookies. +

If you want, you can adjust your cookie preferences so that sites can store ordinary cookies but not third-party ones. + +

You can also disable cookies, images, and JavaScript completely for web pages that are received as part of email messages. For details, see the following sections: + +