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Some advertisers use these types of cookies to track your visits to the various websites on which they advertise. This article explains how to disable them.

Third-party cookies are [[Cookies - Information that websites store on your computer|cookies]] that are set by a website other than the one you are currently on. For example, cnn<!-- -->.com might have a Facebook like button on their site. That like button will set a cookie that can be read by Facebook. That would be considered a third-party cookie. 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}'''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.{/note} Third-party cookie settings are available in the {for win}Options{/for}{for mac,linux}Preferences{/for} window's [[Settings for privacy, browsing history and do-not-track|Privacy panel]]: # [[T:optionspreferences]] # [[T:customhistory]] # Uncheck '''Accept third-party cookies'''.{for not fx21}{for win}[[Image:Disabling Third Party Cookies - Fx5 Win]]{/for}{for mac}<br/> <br/> [[Image:c8b33ebc986c4f8bdd09c086906a0eac-1258149074-703-1.png]] <br/>{/for}{/for}{for fx 21}{for winxp}[[Image:3rd Party Cookies Fx21 WinXP]]{/for}{for win7,win8}[[Image:3rd Party Cookies Fx21 Win7]]{/for}{for mac}[[Image:3rd Party Cookies Fx21 Mac]]{/for}{for linux}[[Image:3rd Party Cookies Fx21 Linux]]{/for}{/for} # [[T:closeOptionsPreferences]]. [[Template:ShareArticle|link=http://mzl.la/LJ07s2]]