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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="pref-cookies">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#privacy"/>
    <link type="guide" xref="pref"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-07-02" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2013</years>
    </credit>
<!--    <credit type="copyright editor">
      <name></name>
      <email its:translate="no"></email>
      <years></years>
    </credit>-->

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <desc>Chose which websites to accept cookies from.</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Set cookie preference</title>

  <!-- Include an explanation about cookies. -->
  <include href="cookies.xml" xpointer="xmlns(mal=http://projectmallard.org/1.0/)xpointer(/mal:page/mal:p)" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

  <p>You can specify whether you want to accept cookies and from which
  websites.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Open
      <guiseq><gui style="menu">Web</gui><gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui><gui style="tab">Privacy</gui></guiseq>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select whether you want to accept cookies from all websites, only from
      websites which you have visited or to not accept any cookies.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>You should normally use <gui>Only from sites you visit</gui> because this
  option allows you to log into your accounts on most websites while preventing
  websites that you have not visited from leaving cookies.</p>

  <p>If you chose to accept cookies from <gui>All websites</gui>, then websites
  that you have not visited will be able to leave <em>third party cookies</em>.
  Third party cookies are often used by advertisers and social media websites
  to track your activity across websites and offer targeted content. Note that
  some websites, such as Outlook.com, use third party cookies to monitor
  whether you are logged in.</p>

  <p>If you <gui>Never accept</gui> cookies, you may have trouble logging into
  your accounts on some websites.</p>

</page>