Browser Security Basics Part 1 - Your Private Data

Part 1-Your Private Data	Part 4a-Web Browser Cookies
Part 2-Web Browsing History	Part 4b-Managing Cookies
Part 3-Web Browser Cache	Part 5-Erasing Your Private Data

Your Web browser keeps track of a lot of stuff. Most of the common Web browsers, like Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera, may store one or more of the following things called "private data":

• - Browser history - records of which sites you've visited
• - Browser cache - graphics and other Web page objects
• - Browser cookies - information stored by Web sites
  

Web browsers will store this information in files on your computer's hard drive. The locations of these files is dependent on your operating system (Windows, Unix/Linux, etc.) and Web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, etc. and version).

Options to access this information are also somewhere in your Web browser. You may need to delve into some of your Web browser's menus to look for this stuff. Please be sure to refer to the help support for your Web browser as necessary.

The next articles will separately cover History, Cache and Cookies. The last article will suggest methods of erasing this information.