Microsoft KB Archive/182003

IGZ: Definition of Cookies and Their Effect on Privacy

PSS ID Number: Q182003 Article last modified on 04-30-1998

WINDOWS:3.x

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Internet Gaming Zone, version 4.0 == 

= SUMMARY =

A cookie is a very small text file that a Web server places on your hard drive to identify you when you return to that Web site. A cookie can also contain your custom settings or personalized information for interactive features on that Web site.

A Web site cannot use a cookie to access your computer or any of your personal information, other than the information you voluntarily provide to customize your settings for that Web site. A cookie from a Web site is uniquely yours, and only the server that issued a particular cookie can read it. It is not possible to execute a cookie as code, or to use a cookie to deliver a virus.

= MORE INFORMATION =

For more information about cookies, connect to the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/regwiz/include/cookies.htm

= Additional query words: 4.x igz z4 msgames =

Keywords : igz kbimu Version : WINDOWS:3.x Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.