1. COOKIES

2. INTERNET COOKIES
What are they
Where are they found
What should you do about them

3. INTERNET COOKIES MISCONCEPTION A SMALL PROGRAM
SEARCHES FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION
CAN HARM YOUR COMPUTER
IDENTIFIES YOU TO BUISINESSES

4. INTERNET COOKIES ACTUAL DEFINITION
Short pieces of data used by web servers to help identify web users
Placed on your hard drive by server
Identifies your IP address during your visit
Helpful on shopping sites

5. INTERNET COOKIES WEB BROWSER REQUESTS A FILE FROM A SERVER
IF NO COOKIE, SERVER ISSUES ONE
COOKIE IS SENT TO SERVER- IF ALREADY EXISTENT
SERVER READS COOKIE AND SENDS IT BACK WITH UPDATE

6. INTERNET COOKIES
COOKIE EXPIRATION
NO EXPIRATION DATE
PERSISTENT

7. INTERNET COOKIES WHO CAN SEE THE COOKIES?
Only the server that put the cookie on your hard drive.
Larger sites can set a domain attribute for other servers in the same subdomain

8. INTERNET COOKIES WHAT INFO CAN COOKIES RETURN? IP ADDRESS
YOUR TYPE OF BROWSER
OPERATING SYSTEM
NUMBER OF VISITS TO WEB SITE
VOLUNTEERED INFORMATION

9. INTERNET COOKIES SHOPPING COOKIES IDENTIFIES YOU WITH A NUMBER
KEEPS TRACK OF YOUR SHOPPING CART
AT CHECK OUT - IT LISTS YOUR SELECTIONS

10. INTERNET COOKIES WHY A BAD REPUTATION FOR COOKIES??
WHEN USED AS A TRACKING DEVICE
CAN SEE WHAT WEB PAGES YOU VISIT, HOW OFTEN, AND HOW LONG
CLICKING ON AD BANNERS
USED TO INFER YOUR INTERESTS

11. INTERNET COOKIES THE IMFAMOUS DOUBLECLICK
LARGE PROVIDER WITH AD BANNERS ON MANY SITES
COOKIES ARE VISBILE ON MULTIPLE SITES FOR TRACKING
CAN SEE SEARCH STRINGS YOU TYPE INTO SEARCH ENGINES
FORMS RICH PROFILES OF USERS
THREATENED TO PERSONALIZE

12. INTERNET COOKIES WHERE ARE THESE COOKIES ON YOUR HARD DRIVE??
DEPENDS ON WEB BROWSER
C:\WINDOWS\COOKIES
C:\WINDOWS\PROFILES\COOKIES DIRECTORIES IN NT OR WINNT

13. INTERNET COOKIES WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM
IN BROWSER TOOLS\INTERNET OPTIONS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES-- DELETE THEM
IN C:\WINDOWS\COOKIES, SELECTIVELY DELETE THEM

14. INTERNET COOKIES MANAGE COOKIES FROM BROWSER
TOOLS\INTERNET OPTIONS\PRIVACY\ADVANCED PROMT BEFORE ACCEPTING OR BLOCK
REMEMBER SOME SITES REQUIRE COOKIES FOR ACCESS!!

15. INTERNET COOKIES MANY COOKIE TOOLS TO MANAGE COOKIES WITH
AD-AWARE WILL FIND ALL SPYWARE AND TRACKING COOKIES

16. INTERNET COOKIES P3P- PRIVACY PREFRENCES PROJECT
EMERGING INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR USERS TO GAIN MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR PRIVATE INFORMATION
IN IE 6.0 IT READS THE PRIVACY POLICY ON WEB SITES AND ALLOWS YOU TO SET YOUR TOLERANCE.