Know the law What is a cookie? Why should I care? A cookie is a small text file downloaded onto your computer or smartphone when you accesses any website. It allows the website owners to recognise that user’s device (eg: your laptop)and to store some information about the user’s preferences or past website browsing. So…
What are Pop Up Adverts?
Pop up ads are advertisments that show up in a new browser window. There’s no one standard size for popup ads. Popup ads also vary widely in the amount of browser commands that show in the window. Pop-up ads are just one form of internet advertising used by advertisers to get web users’ attention. Among…
Graphics Interchange Format
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is a type of picture file used on the internet. It has certain special characteristics which make it more useful than JPEG or other picture file formats in certain situations. Clear GIFs are commonly used as web beacons because they are invisible and very small so they don’t affect the download…
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a little text file composed of alphanumeric characters, which is created on your computer when your browser accesses a website that uses cookies. The files are used to help your browser navigate the website and fully use all its features like logins, preferences, language settings, themes, among other common features. The cookie…
Cookie FAQ
What actually is a cookie? A cookie is essentially a form of very tiny text file which is then placed onto the operators hard drive. It is made by the web page server which comes form the computer which operates any website. Are cookies potentially dangerous? No not all they are just tiny pieces of…
How to comply with the cookie law
If your business/company is located here in the UK, your site needs to meet the new cookie regulations. You literally have to tell your visitors about which cookies you use and how people are able to delete/ control them. How we can help you? We believe that you should have a privacy policy for every…
Cookie Law
In the month of may in 2011, new laws came into play which affect most of the internet’s web sites. If a certain website uses cookies they must show information to visitors of that site under the Electronic Communications regulations 2011. UK Regulations 1. The person owning the website we not be able to gain…
Deleting Cookies
The majority of cookies are fairly simple to delete. Windows Deleting cookies on Google Chrome Tap on “tools” and then click “options” Next is “under the bonnet” the privacy section and then “clear browsing data” option click “delete cookies and other site data” to remove all the cookies on that particular list Then it’s “clear…
Controlling Cookies
All very popular browsers allow you to some sort of control over cookies. You at home can set whether you’d like to accept or deny cookies, You can even set up a way for your certain browser to tell you every single time a cookie is offered to you. Its different for windows PC’s and…