Uni Village and Cookies?

Question

I am on a site called www.univillage.com which is for people about to start university. But it keeps logging me out when I try to do anything. Having emailed the owner, she told me that I had to 'delete all the cookies on my computer'. What are cookies and how do I delete them?

Answer 1

Hi!

Web cookies are simply small information packets placed on your computer when you browse websites. Not all websites have these, but many do. Websites use cookies so they can track what you are viewing, and although they won't necessarily know you by name, the website will recognize your computer when you come back to visit again.

Although in some cases they are useful, most of the time they are used in tracing your browsing habits for advertising purposes. Cookies alone can not read your hard drive for information such as, "who you are", "what your income is", or "where you live". But if you input that information on a website that uses cookies, that information could well be stored in that particular cookie.

Here are some links to show you the location of the cookie folder on your computer, and what to do in order to remove them.

http://www.milincorporated.com/a2_cookies.html

http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/

http://www.riversongs.com/basic/cleanup.html

When you remove cookies, your browser must be shut down. Even better, remove your cookies while your computer is in "safe mode." To do this, reboot the computer while holding down the control key.

Good luck with it!