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By: 9th September 2017 at 07:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Yes I've seen it.
This site dumps a number of cookies on your computer, I expect it goes towards paying the electric bill ?
By: 9th September 2017 at 07:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-~Alan~
So I can take it's safe and just to expect a mass of spam then ?
Geoff.
By: 9th September 2017 at 08:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-It is safe.
Contrary to a lop of crap out there cookies do not steal your email, or eat your firstborn. They are not traded for money (they are only little text files given to youtr browser by the site) and have nothing to do with dodgy activities or spam.
Most of the time they give you a randomly-generated unique ID against a site so that the site knows its you the next time you are on any page of it, so as to present more useful stuff to you. They CAN be used to target advertising (so they do have commercial value) but not increase the amount of it as that is down to page design.
Most professional sites use cookies. The general web etiquette is to announce the fact. And give the option of rejecting them.
By: 9th September 2017 at 13:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-IIRC, it's UK or European law to advise about cookies.
Mine are cleared when I close the browser anyway.
What bugs me is I've now got to enable three previously unnecessary scripts just to get rid of it.
By: 9th September 2017 at 18:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hi All,
I always thought the cookies passed your details on to other 3rd parties then you would be bombarded with unwanted adverts or sites asking opinions etc.etc.etc. which I always thought was the definition of spam ? But if you say it's safe to click on then i'll just delete it thanks all so much....:eagerness:
EDIT: I have just tried to un-tick all the boxes and the Necessary Marketing will not allow me to do that so like I suggested is this just a massive advertising of predictive web searching ?
Geoff.
By: 10th September 2017 at 17:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I have a wash programme to clear all this crud off as I shut down.
It would be better to have boxes for you to tick as opposed to unticking.
By: 12th September 2017 at 11:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hi All,
Another cookie bar at the bottom of the page this time.....:dev2:
Geoff.
By: 12th September 2017 at 12:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hi,
I have removed the one at the top and replaced it with the one that is now at the bottom. Hopefully this is less annoying for you all.
James
By: 12th September 2017 at 13:31 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-It's certainly less annoying for me - I can't see it.
By: 12th September 2017 at 16:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hi James,
Many thanks for sorting things out....:eagerness:
Geoff.
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By: 1batfastard - 9th September 2017 at 07:23
Hi All,
I have logged on to the forum and having entered I have at the top of my screen a bar the announces (This Site uses cookies etc.etc.etc.) This has never appeared before when using this forum. Has anybody else been confronted by this and if so has this been put up by the forum and is it safe to click the ok icon to clear it ?
Geoff.