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Basic Security

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 helps protect your privacy on the Web by giving you more control over cookies and more information on a Web site’s privacy policy.

To set your privacy level for the Internet zone:

1) On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, and then click the Privacy tab.
2) Under Settings, move the slider to the privacy level you want:
Select this To specify this

Select this:	To specific this:
Block All Cookies.	Internet Explorer prevents all Web sites from storing cookies on your computer, and Web sites cannot read existing cookies on your computer.
High.	Internet Explorer prevents Web sites from storing cookies that do not have a compact privacy policy—a condensed computer-readable privacy statement. The browser also prevents Web sites from storing cookies that use personally identifiable information without your explicit consent.
Medium High.	Internet Explorer prevents Web sites from storing third-party cookies that do not have a compact privacy policy or that use personally identifiable information without your explicit consent. The browser also prevents Web sites from storing first-party cookies that use personally identifiable information without your implicit consent.
Medium.	Internet Explorer prevents Web sites from storing third-party cookies that do not have a compact privacy policy or that use personally identifiable information without your implicit consent. The browser allows first-party cookies that use personally identifiable information without your implicit consent but deletes these cookies from your computer when you close the browser.
Low.	Internet Explorer allows Web sites to store cookies on your computer, including third-party cookies that do not have a compact privacy policy or that use personally identifiable information without your implicit consent. When you close the browser, though, it deletes these third-party cookies from your computer.
Accept All Cookies.	Internet Explorer allows all Web sites to store cookies on your computer, and Web sites that create cookies on your computer can read them.

NOTE If you decide to select a privacy level that does not allow cookies to be saved on your computer, you may not be able to view certain Web sites.

When you change your privacy level, it may not affect the cookies that Web sites have already stored on your computer. If you want to ensure that all cookies on your computer meet your selected privacy level, delete all of the existing cookies on your computer.