Third-party cookies and Firefox tracking protection
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- Revision id: 15226
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- Creator: scoobidiver
- Comment: Removed fx3 content and fx35 tag, fixed nested lists, added Win Fx5 screenshot, added a link to DNT, removed duplicated keyword
- Reviewed: Yes
- Reviewed:
- Reviewed by: AliceWyman
- Is approved? Yes
- Is current revision? No
- Ready for localization: Yes
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- Readied for localization by: AliceWyman
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Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by one site, but can be read by another site. For example, when you visit site1.com, it might set a cookie that can be read by site2.com.
Some advertisers use these types of cookies to track your visits to the various websites on which they advertise. If you are concerned about this, you can disable third-party cookies in Firefox.
Note:
- If you are concerned about tracking by advertisers, see also How do I turn on the Do Not Track feature?.
- Disabling third-party cookies in Firefox can stop some types of tracking by advertisers, but not all.
- Some websites (e.g. Microsoft's Hotmail, MSN, and Windows Live Mail webmail) use third-party cookies for purposes that are not necessarily privacy concerns, and disabling third-party cookies may cause problems with those sites.
Third-party cookie settings are available in the OptionsPreferences window's Privacy panel:
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and select (select on older macOS versions).Click the menu button
and select .
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Select the panel and go to the History section.
- In the drop-down menu next to Firefox will, choose .
- Uncheck Accept third-party cookies.
- Close the page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved. .