What is a cookie?
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A "cookie" is a small piece of information which is sent by a website to your browser, if your browser's preferences allow it to be downloaded. A cookie, when read by a browser, can help a website improve the service delivered to you. The information in the cookie is made up of letters and numbers which anonymously identify a unique customer. It's used to remember your website preferences, registration information and speed up e-commerce transactions. One site's cookies cannot be accessed by another site.
Cookies are a friendly tool to help make your website browsing easier and quicker. In fact, cookies are unable to perform any operation by themselves. Nonetheless, customers who wish to disable them can easily do so via their browser.
Choices Regarding Cookies
You can configure your browser to accept, reject or notify you when a cookie is
downloaded. If you reject all cookies on Palm's website your experience will not
be as optimal as it could be by accepting cookies. Below is an example of how to
remove and prevent cookies from downloading. Each browser is different, so please
check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your preferences.
Removing Cookies from Internet Explorer 6:
- Click Tools menu, Internet Options...
- On the tab titled General, click Delete Cookies...
- Confirm OK
Preventing All Future Cookies in Internet Explorer 6:
- Click Tools menu, Internet Options...
- On the tab titled Privacy, click Advanced ...
- Check mark the Override Automatic Cookie Handling checkbox
- Check both of the Block option buttons
- Confirm OK, and OK to complete
Removing Cookies from Firefox 1.5:
- Click Tools menu, Options...
- On the tab titled Cookies, click View Cookies...
- Click Remove Cookies or Remove All Cookies
- Confirm OK
Preventing All Future Cookies in Firefox 1.5:
- Click Tools menu, Options...
- On the tab titled Cookies, click View Cookies...
- Disable the checkbox Allow sites to set Cookies
- Confirm OK