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The Internet And The Web Based Data Colle
There already exists several web based data collection systems,
that collect data of traffic on the internet. The use of one such
system used by the government caused much ado in the
newspapers, post 9/11. Many research firms have created and
marketed, data they have mined from the internet traffic. This
electronic data collection system monitors what sites are visited,
what words and phrases are searched for, etc. Usually this
accomplished by the use of cookies.

Cookies, In The Online Computer World
Cookies, in the online computer world, are much different than the
nice chocolate chips ones Mom used to make. Cookies are a
computer files which contains coding that allows the person or
company who placed it to accomplish some task.

Access A Site Without Remembering Your Passwo
Some cookies are designed to help load webpages more quickly,
some are used to remember information so that you can access a
site without remembering your password, some are used to track
your online movements, some are used to determine the functions
that occur on your computer, and a myriad of other choices. What
the cookies does is either collect and then transmit information
when it is used in connection with a web based data collection
system.

A Level Of Security
While most computer systems come with a level of security set to
accept all cookies, many people also purchase virus software
which alters this setting. People themselves can alter the coolies
settings to defeat a web based data collection system that is
dependent on cookies for its data. The virus software or cookies
settings can do several things in addressing the collection of data
by a web based data collection system.

How the Web Based DataCollection System C
The first is to block the cookies placement on the computer hard
drive. This is the most effective stopping method for cookies.
This means that your web based data collection system is dead
out of the gate, and that makes it useless to the business for
whom the data is needed.

Delete The Cookie Placed On The Computer
The second method of addressing the collection of data is to
delete the cookie placed on the computer. This means that the
collection of data may be, at best brief, depending on the settings
which delete the cookie.

Allow The Cookie To Be Placed
The third method is to allow the cookie to be placed, but block its
transmittal of data to the web based data collection system.
These difficulties mean that the web based data collection system
can no longer validly depend on its use of cookies to obtain data.

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