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Do Not Track (DNT) is a deprecated non-standard [1] HTTP header field designed to allow internet users to opt out of tracking by websites—which includes the collection of data regarding a user's activity across multiple distinct contexts, and the retention, use, or sharing of data derived from that activity outside the context in which it occurred.
Web tracking is the practice by which operators of websites and third parties collect, store and share information about visitors' activities on the World Wide Web.Analysis of a user's behaviour may be used to provide content that enables the operator to infer their preferences and may be of interest to various parties, such as advertisers.
The IronVest consumer security and privacy app and browser extension evolved from Blur, a privacy product designed to block trackers and provide masking tools, developed by Abine, a privacy company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and first released for Firefox in March 2011. [3] There is a free version, and a paid one with more features.
A browser's cache stores temporary website files which allows the site to load faster in future sessions. This data will be recreated every time you visit the webpage, though at times it can become corrupted. Clearing the cache deletes these files and fixes problems like outdated pages, websites freezing, and pages not loading or being ...
In March 2021, 15 attorneys general of U.S. states and Puerto Rico amended an antitrust complaint filed the previous December; the updated complaint says that Google Chrome's phase-out of third-party cookies in 2022 [51] will "disable the primary cookie-tracking technology almost all non-Google publishers currently use to track users and target ...
Monitoring your recent login activity can help you find out if your account has been accessed by unauthorized users. Review your recent activity and revoke access to suspicious entries using the info below.
Advertisers use cookies to target ads to web users but privacy campaigners say they can be used to track users across the internet. Google first proposed scrapping cookies in 2020, but the deadline for finishing the work had slipped a few times. Chrome is the world’s dominant web browser, and many others like Microsoft’s Edge are based on ...
uBlock Origin (/ ˈ j uː b l ɒ k / YOO-blok [5]) is a free and open-source browser extension for content filtering, including ad blocking.The extension is available for Firefox and Chromium-based browsers (such as Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Opera).