<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="candidate"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-01-28" status="final"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.33" date="2019-04-08" status="final"/>

    <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>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">mdhill@gnome.org</email>
      <years></years>
    </credit>

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

    <desc>How do I choose which websites I allow to set cookies?</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>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
      <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui><gui style="tab">Stored Data</gui></guiseq>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select whether you want to accept cookies from all websites, accept
      cookies 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 choose to <gui>Always accept</gui> cookies, 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 experience problems on
  some websites like logging into your accounts, saving your preferences or not
  being able add items to your shopping basket.</p>

</page>
