Privacy Matters
We are tracked on almost every site that we go to. There are a few ways to keep the information that we give out to a minimum.
You can delete “cookies”, which are some of the things that websites use to track the information that you unknowingly send out.
You’ll have to find out how to get into your web browsers privacy settings, and there should be a “cookies” tab, and you can delete
them from there. Also, some web browsers have settings that you can adjust so that you can block some “cookies”, and allow others
that help you out.
Another way websites track you is by installing “beacons” to your computer. None of the major browsers have ways to track and/or delete
“beacons”. The only way you can track or delete them is by installing “plug-ins”.
The last way that websites track you is “Flash cookies”. These are what video streaming sites such as Youtube use to remember your
frequent settings like your volume and video quality. You can go to an Adobe website to track and delete these, and you can also choose
whether or not you want to allow further third-party “flash cookies”.
