PEO's website uses "cookies"
Cookies are pieces of information generated by a Web
server and stored in the user's computer, ready for future access. Cookies are
embedded in the HTML information flowing back and forth between the user's
computer and the servers. Cookies were implemented to allow user-side
customization of Web information.
To learn more about cookies visit: http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/
This section is devoted to general questions on cookies and their usage.
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Can
I delete "cookies"?
Yes. Whether you use Netscape or Microsoft
Internet Explorer (MSIE), your cookies are saved to a simple text file
that you can delete as you please. In order to do this properly, you
must close your browser first. This is because all your cookies are
held in memory until you close your browser. So, if you delete the file with
your browser open, it will make a new file when you close it, and your cookies
will be back.
Remember that deleting your cookie file entirely will cause you to "start from
scratch" with every web site you usually visit. So, it may be preferable
to open the cookies.txt file (in the case of Netscape) and remove only the
entries you don't like, or go to the cookies folder (in the case of MSIE) and
delete the files from servers you don't want.
Both Netscape and Microsoft Internet
Explorer (MSIE) allow some level of cookie verification.
Netscape 3.0 and MSIE 3.0 allow
you only to "alert before accepting cookies." This is done through
the Options/Network Preferences/Protocols menu (for Netscape) or the Internet Options/Advanced menu (for MSIE). This means you can read each
cookie as it comes in, and hit "OK" to allow it, or "Cancel" to
reject it.
Netscape 4.0 and MSIE 4.0 have
menu options that allow you to accept all, some, or none of your incoming cookies.
In addition, the "warn before accepting" feature is still present
in both, if you want to screen your incoming cookies.
In Netscape 4.0, go to
the Edit/Preferences/Advanced menu. You will see all of the above
choices. In MSIE 4.0, go to the View/Internet Options/Advanced menu.
There you can accept all, warn before accepting, or reject all.
MSIE 5.0 has a lot of
menu and dialog changes, but you can still disable cookies. Go to the Tools/Internet Options/Security menu. In there, you can choose the
security level for 4 different browsing conditions: Internet Sites, Local
Sites, "Trusted" Sites, and Restricted Sites. If you select "Internet," and
click on Custom Level, you'll get a dialog box where you can accept all, warn
before accepting, or reject all cookies.
Once a cookie is rejected, it is thrown out and not saved to memory or disk. Don't forget, though, that servers will keep looking for the cookie even if you have discarded it and might try to replace it as you surf around.
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