The name cookie derives from UNIX objects called magic cookies.
These are tokens that are attached to a user or program and change depending on the areas entered by the
user or program.
The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them.
When you have cookies enabled and you enter a Web site that is using cookies, you may be asked to fill
out a form providing such information as your name and interests. This information is packaged into a
cookie and sent to your Web browser which stores it for later use. The next time you go to the same
Web site, your browser will send the cookie to the Web server. The server can use this information to
present you with Web pages customized for you. For example, instead of seeing just a generic welcome
page you might see a welcome page with your name on it.
Cookies do not act maliciously on computer systems. They are merely text files that can be deleted at
any time - they are not plug ins nor are they programs. Although cookies cannot be used to spread viruses
and they cannot access your hard drive, this does not mean that cookies are not relevant to a user's
privacy and anonymity on the Internet. Any personal information that you give to a Web site, including
credit card information, will most likely be stored in a cookie. if enabled. Therefore cookies are
relevant to privacy in that they contain the information that you provided to a Web site.
To enjoy the registered user features
of the web site you are visiting, you need to enable cookies on your
web browser.
It's quick and simple to turn on the cookies feature.
Most browsers explain various options for managing cookies in their Help section.
For instructions on how to turn on cookies in the most common browsers read on.
· Microsoft Internet
Explorer 3.x
You don't have the option to turn off cookies in
Explorer version 3.x. Your browser should accept them automatically.
· Microsoft Internet
Explorer 4.x (Windows)
Cookies are accepted automatically in
Internet Explorer 3.x and up. If you want to confirm that you can
accept them:
In Internet Explorer, click "Internet Options" on the "View" menu.
Click the "Advanced" tab, and then click "Always Accept Cookies".
Click OK until you return to Internet Explorer.
· Microsoft Internet
Explorer 4.x (Mac)
Cookies are accepted automatically in
Internet Explorer 3.x and up. If you want to confirm that you can
accept them:
Open the "Edit" menu and select "Preferences."
In the preferences window, click on "Receiving Files" settings.
Under the receiving files settings, you'll see a section named "Cookies". Click on "Cookies"
On the right side of the window, you will see the phrase: "When receiving cookies:" In the pull-down menu, select "Never Ask" or "Ask for each site". If you click "Ask for each site", the next time you receive a cookie from CharityVillage, you will be asked if you want to accept cookies for this site -- Click "Accept".
· Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5.x (Windows)
Cookies are accepted automatically in
Internet Explorer 3.x and up. If you want to confirm that you can
accept them:
In Internet Explorer, click "Internet Options" on the "Tools" menu.
Click the "Security" tab, and then click "Custom Level". Click "Enable" under "Allow cookies that are stored on your computer".
Click OK until you return to Internet Explorer.
· Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5.x (Mac)
Cookies are accepted automatically in
Internet Explorer 3.x and up. If you want to confirm that you can
accept them:
Open the "Edit" menu and select "Preferences."
In the preferences window, click on "Receiving Files" settings.
Under the receiving files settings, you'll see a section named "Cookies". Click on "Cookies"
On the right side of the window, you will see the phrase: "When receiving cookies:" In the pull-down menu, select "Never Ask" or "Ask for each site". If you click "Ask for each site", the next time you receive a cookie from CharityVillage, you will be asked if you want to accept cookies for this site -- Click "Accept".
· Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6.x (Windows)
Cookies are accepted automatically in
Internet Explorer 3.x and up. If you want to confirm that you can
accept them:
Under the "Tools" menu, click "Internet Options"
Click the "Privacy" tab
Click the "Advanced" button
Put a check mark in the Box for "Override Automatic Cookie Handling"
At the bottom, put another check mark in the "Always accept session cookies"
Click "OK"
· Netscape Navigator
3.x
You don't have the option to turn off cookies in Navigator
version 3.x. Your browser should accept them automatically.
· Netscape Communicator 4.x
Open the "Edit" menu and select "Preferences."
In the "Preferences" window, click on the "Advanced" category
Select "Accept All Cookies."
Click "OK."
· Netscape Communicator 6.x
Open the "Edit" menu and select "Preferences."
In the "Preferences" window, select "Privacy and Security" and then "Cookies".
Select "Accept All Cookies" or "Accept only cookies that get sent back to the originating server".
Click "OK."
· Netscape Communicator 7.x
Open the "Edit" menu and select "Preferences."
In the "Preferences" window, select "Privacy and Security" and then "Cookies".
Select "Enable All Cookies" or "Enable cookies for the originating website only".
Click "OK."
· Mozilla Firefox 1.0
Click on "Tools" on the menu bar and select "Options".
In the "Options" window, select / Expand "Cookies".
Select "Allow Sites to Set Cookies".
· Safari Version 1.2.4
Open the Safari browser and click on the Safari tab on the menu bar.
Click on preferences.
Click on the security tab in this new window.
Make sure that "Enable Javascript" is enabled.
Accepting Cookies: Please make sure that you either choose "Only from sites you navigate to" or "Always" in the cookies ar