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June 15, 2022

What are Cookies and should I accept them?

Cookies, in the computer world have a bad rep. Cookies are small bits of information about you and the web sites that you visit that are gathered by those web sites. They keep track of who you are, what your login information is and what you like to look for on the web.

When a web site asks you to accept cookies, you are giving them permission to save those bits of information. Are cookies ever good? If you bank online, pay bills, etc. then you will need to accept cookies from those sites in order to conduct your business.

There are two types of cookies, first-party and third-party. First party cookies belong to the web site that you are using. Your bank, utility company, or the shopping sites you use. These cookies remember your log in information and make it easier to get back onto your accounts.

Third-party cookies on the other hand are cookies belong to sites other than the one you are visiting. They can see that you are shopping for a new garden hose and then impose themselves on you on other web pages showing you more and more garden hoses that you may want to purchase. They take your information and use it for their own purposes. Third party cookies are the ones that you want to block and your browser as a setting for that.

In Microsoft Edge, you can manage your cookies by going to Settings>Cookies and site permissions>Manage and delete cookies and site data. You can turn on “Block third-party cookies” here. If you want to see and delete any of the cookies you already have, click on “See all cookies and site data.” All the cookies that are stored are listed and you can go through them and delete the ones you no longer want to allow cookies for.

There’s a similar process in Chrome. Go to Settings>Privacy and Security>Cookies and other site data. There you will see how to block third-party cookies or all cookies. You can also view the cookies you’ve already agreed to collect and delete them if you want.

Take a look at your settings and you may be surprised how many cookies you have collected. Too bad they don’t come with a glass of milk!

 

Have a great week!
Kathie Pearce
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How I Came To Write This Weekly Column

When I took over the ComputerFAQ business from Robert, he told me that the job also came with writing a weekly article for the Shopper.  Now I knew about Robert’s article, and I read it weekly, but my stomach was immediately inundated with very large butterflies when I found out that I would be writing for other people to read.
I hadn’t written anything outside of instruction briefings and meeting notes in my previous job. Those things were easy-step one do this, step two, etc.  But actually, writing an article was totally new to me.  Several people offered to pre-read the articles before they were published but even this seemed terrifying to me. What if I really stink at it?

I made it through my first introductory article without the walls caving in on me. I didn’t get any hate mail or hysterical laughter from anyone that I knew that read it. Whew, made it. But then it dawned on me that I had to do it again, and again… oh dear.

Well, fast forward almost two years and I’m still writing! I have to admit that some weeks I have a hard time coming up with new material, but I thoroughly enjoy the process.  I’ve had several people tell me they cut out some of my articles and save them for reference! That is such a wonder to me, and I am very grateful to my readers for their thoughtfulness and to The Shopper for allowing me to continue providing information to you.

Happy 46th Anniversary Shopper!
Kathie
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