Are the cookies that reside in your computer necessary? Sometimes yes. Let's say you use the Internet Explorer browser to access the Web. Each time you download a page, your computer accesses a ...

Q:. I run a program called Spybot that searches out unwanted third-party entries on my computer. It always turns up a lot of tracking cookies. I do not know how they get there, but I am sure if my ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. >> YOUR COOKIES KNOW A LOT ABOUT YOU. >> A COOKIE IS A FILE THAT A WEBSITE PUTS ON YOUR MACHINE, ON TO THAT WENT. YOUR BANK DOES IT SO IT KNOWS IT IS YOU THAT HAS ...

ATLANTA — As we head into the online holiday shopping season, the FBI is warning you about protecting your computer cookies. Cookies are small pieces of data that track your online activity used to ...

QUESTION: Why is every website these days asking me to accept their cookies, and how do I know which ones to accept? ANSWER: We’re all seeing these pop-up notifications just about everywhere we go on ...

A Computer Cookie is a small data packet or a tiny file that websites store on a user’s computer. Normally, cookies are harmless. The aim of creating website cookies is to enhance the users’ internet ...

Airlines and online travel agencies surreptitiously use computer “cookies” they’ve implanted on your Web browser to track your activity on their sites and then raise prices when it appears that you’re ...