Are the cookies that reside in your computer necessary? Sometimes yes. Let's say you use the Internet Explorer browser to access the Web. Each time you download a page, your computer accesses a ...

Q:. I run a program called Spybot that searches out unwanted third-party entries on my computer. It always turns up a lot of tracking cookies. I do not know how they get there, but I am sure if my ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

When you visit a website, your web browser usually saves a lot of information during your visit. Some information is automatically saved by the web browser, in the form of cache and history. When ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have Avast Premium Security, which notifies me periodically of a tracking cookie, in anticipation of me ...

A Computer Cookie is a small data packet or a tiny file that websites store on a user’s computer. Normally, cookies are harmless. The aim of creating website cookies is to enhance the users’ internet ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Ummmmm. Cookies. I mean oh no! Cookies. If you've received the message when you click on a website: This site uses cookies to enhance your experience on this site, you, like me, ...

Airlines and online travel agencies surreptitiously use computer “cookies” they’ve implanted on your Web browser to track your activity on their sites and then raise prices when it appears that you’re ...

QUESTION: Why is every website these days asking me to accept their cookies, and how do I know which ones to accept? ANSWER: We’re all seeing these pop-up notifications just about everywhere we go on ...