This document is provided by Netscape for your information only. It may help you take certain steps to protect the privacy and security of your personal information on the Internet. This document does not, however, address all online privacy and security issues, nor does it represent a recommendation by Netscape about what constitutes adequate privacy and security protection on the Internet.

使用 Cookies 管理員

Cookie 是儲存在你電腦裡面,供某些網站使用的一小段資訊。關於 Cookie 的簡短介紹,請參見 什麼是 Cookie,Cookie 如何運作?

載入使用 Cookie 的網頁以前,為了處裡網頁的 Cookie,你的瀏覽器做以下兩件工作:

這個部分的內容有:

允許和禁止使用 Cookies

管理個別網站的 Cookies

觀看 Cookies 的內容

移除 Cookies

設定隱私等級

Cookie 管理員設定

 

允許和禁止使用 Cookies

藉由設定你的 Cookies 喜好設定,你可以指定你的瀏覽器如何處裡 Cookies。預設值是 "所有網站都可以使用 Cookies".

如何更改你的 Cookies 喜好設定:

  1. 開啟編輯選單選擇喜好設定。
  2. 在隱私和安全性類別裡面,按一下 Cookies。 (如果看不到任何子類別,滑鼠雙擊隱私和安全性來展開列表。)
  3. 設定你的 Cookies 喜好設定。

有關每個選項功用的進一步資訊,請參見 隱私和安全性喜好設定 - Cookies.

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管理個別網站的 Cookies

如何控制個別網站的 cookies:

  1. 開啟工具選單並且選擇 Cookie 管理員。
  2. 選擇 "允許此網站使用 Cookies" 或者 "禁止此網站使用 Cookies。"

相對的,如果你在 隱私與安全性喜好設定 - Cookies 選擇 "要儲存 Cookie 前警告我",當你瀏覽的網站要求設定一個 Cookie 的時候你將會受到警告。當你看到這類警告的時候,你可以按"是"來允許接受 Cookie 或者按"否"來拒絕接受 Cookie。你也可以選擇要你的瀏覽器 "記住這個決定"

如果你選擇 "記住這個決定" 下次當這個網站試圖去設定或者修改 Cookie的時候你將不會受到任何警告,而且你的 "是" 或者 "否" 的決定將會持續生效。

如果以後你想要修改一個先前被記憶起來的決定,使用 Cookie 管理員編輯你自動儲存起來 cookies 的列表。

如何停止自動接受或者自動拒絕來自某個網站的 Cookies:

  1. 開啟工具選單並且選擇 Cookie 管理員。
  2. 在子選單裡面選擇 "管理已儲存的 Cookies"。Cookie 管理員視窗將被開啟並顯示所有儲存在你電腦裡面 Cookies 的列表。
  3. 按一下 Cookie 網站分頁。那些曾被你允許或者禁止接受 Cookies的網站被條列出來。
  4. 按鍵選擇那些你不想再自動接受 Cookies 的網站,再按一下移除網站。

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觀看 Cookies 的內容

如何觀看關於 Cookies 的詳細資訊:

  1. 開啟工具選單並且選擇 Cookie 管理員。
  2. 在子選單裡面選擇 "管理已儲存的 Cookies"。Cookie 管理員視窗將被開啟並顯示所有儲存在你電腦裡面 Cookies 的列表。
  3. 按一下特定的 Cookie 就可以看到詳細的資訊。

有關各項資訊的涵義,請看 已存 Cookies

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移除 Cookies

重要: 如果要移除 cookies,請遵照以下的步驟,請不要試著直接修改你電腦上的 Cookies 檔案。

如何移除你電腦上的 Cookies:

  1. 開啟工具選單並且選擇 Cookie 管理員。
  2. 在子選單裡面選擇 "管理已儲存的 Cookies"。Cookie 管理員視窗將被開啟並顯示所有儲存在你電腦裡面 Cookies 的列表。
  3. 選取你想移除的 Cookies 然後按一下 "移除 Cookie",或者直接按 "移除所有的 Cookie"

即使你現在移除了 Cookies,日後當你瀏覽相同網站的時候你還是會獲得相同的 Cookies。

為了防止這種事情發生,勾選標示著 "不准被移除的 Cookies 再次被接受" 的勾選盒。當這個勾選盒被勾選起來,被你移除 Cookies 的網站將被加入一個名單,被列在名單的網站的 Cookies 將會自動被拒絕。

你必須要按一下 "確定" 讓你改變的設定生效。

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設定隱私等級

很多網站依據隱私偏好平台 (P3P) 標準來建立並且發布他們的隱私政策。接下來的資訊只有在網站依據 P3P 標準傳遞隱私政策而且瀏覽器有實作出該標準的情況下才能生效。瀏覽器的實作未必完全符合 W3C 組織所發布的標準。

網站的 P3P 隱私政策遵循標準格式描述該網站蒐集哪一些資訊,這些資訊供誰使用,他們將如何利用這些資訊。有關觀看網站隱私政策的資訊,請看 Viewing Privacy Policies.

瀏覽器對 P3P 標準的實作定義出三種隱私等級: 低,中,高 (預設值是"中")。你可以選擇使用這些預先設定好的隱私等級,或者你可以詳細指定你自己設定的隱私等級。一旦你設定好你偏好的隱私等級,你的瀏覽器就能夠比較你的偏好與網站的 P3P 政策 (如果有的話) 並據此接受或者拒絕 Cookies。

舉例來說,你的隱私設定可能要求瀏覽器去拒絕那些蒐集你個人資訊而沒有先知會你的 Cookies。相對的,你也可以調整你的隱私設定讓你的瀏覽器簡單的警告你一下而允許設定 Cookie 的動作生效。

如何控制你希望你的瀏覽器實施在所有網站的隱私設定:

  1. 開啟編輯選單並且選擇喜好設定。
  2. 再隱私與安全性列別底下,按一下 Cookies。 (如果看不到任何子類別,滑鼠雙擊隱私和安全性來展開列表。)
  3. 選擇標示有 "依據隱私設定允許接受 Cookies"。
  4. 按一下 "觀看"。
  5. 在隱私設定的對話盒選擇你要的隱私等級,或者選擇 "自訂" 然後指定你個人的隱私設定 (下面將討論)。
  6. 按一下 "確定" 讓你的設定生效。

你的瀏覽器根據你選擇的設定來處理 Cookies。如果你沒有選擇你偏好的設定,瀏覽器預設選擇 "中"。低,中,高的選項是先前由 Netscape 定義的。關於這些預設選項的更進一步資訊,請看 Privacy Settings.

當 "自訂" 選項被選取起來,你可以詳細指定你自己的隱私設定。在這裡你可以看到相關的設定,根據據網站的P3P政策或者網站設定 coockie的方式,你可以選擇 Coockie 管理員接受、拒絕、在這次 session 中接受 (直到你關閉瀏覽器為止)、或者標註它。

如果你選擇把某一個類別的 coockie 設定為 "拒絕"、"標註" 或者"Session",當符合該類別的網站意圖設定 coockie 時,Coockie管理員會在瀏覽器視窗靠近右下角的地方顯示 cookie 通知圖示 (cookie notification icon)。當瀏覽器顯示這個圖示,按這個圖示一下你可以看到受到影響的 coockie 的相關資訊。

"First party cookies" 你正在瀏覽的網站幫你設定的那些 coockie。"Third-party cookies," 又被稱為foreign cookies意指你正在瀏覽的網站以外的其他網站設定的 coockie。

想知道更多的細節,請看 Privacy Settings.

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Cookie 管理員設定

這個章節敘述如何設定你的 Cookies 喜好設定並且控制其他方面的 Cookie 處理方式。

關於 Cookies 相關工作詳細步驟的描述,請看 使用 Cookie 管理員.

在這個章節裡面:

隱私和安全性的喜好設定 - Cookies

已儲存的 Cookies

Cookie 網站設定

隱私設定

Cookie 通知

 


隱私和安全性的喜好設定 - Cookies

你的瀏覽器預設接受所有的 cookies。這個章節描述如何使用 Cookies 喜好設定視窗來更改設定值。如果你還沒看到它,請按照以下步驟:

  1. 開啟編輯選單選擇喜好設定。
  2. 在隱私和安全性類別裡面,按一下 Cookies。 (如果看不到任何子類別,滑鼠雙擊隱私和安全性來展開列表。)

Cookies 幫助網站持續追蹤使用者的資訊,例如線上購物的購物車裡的內容或者是你想要知道哪一個城市的氣象資訊。相關的簡短介紹,請看 What Are Cookies and How Do They Work?

你可以選擇以下其中一個選項:

如果你選擇了"所有網站都不可以使用 cookies"或者沒有更改預設值,你可以也選擇以下的喜好設定:

你也可以得到更多關於儲存在你電腦裡 coockie 的資訊:


已儲存的 Cookies

這個章節描述如何使用 Coockie 管理員的"已儲存 Coockie 的分頁"。如果你還沒看到它,請按照以下的步驟:

  1. 開啟編輯選單選擇喜好設定。
  2. 在隱私和安全性類別裡面,按一下 Cookies。 (如果看不到任何子類別,滑鼠雙擊隱私和安全性來展開列表。)
  3. 按一下"管理已儲存的 Coockies"。

已儲存的 Cookies 分頁列出所有儲存在你電腦裡的 Cookies 列表、它們屬於哪些網站還有目前的狀態。

如果你沒看到狀態欄,按一下表格右上角的圖示,選擇"狀態"。依據你的 隱私政策設定 這個欄位顯示 coockies 是否被標註起來或者被接受。

當你在列表裡選擇了一個 cookie,關於該 cookie 的相關資訊就會顯示在分頁的下半部:
 
項目 說明
名字 coockie 設定者指定給 coockie 的名字
資訊 一個字串,裡面包含著網站用來追蹤你的資訊。這裡面可能包含網站用來辨認你身分的名字或者 key,或者是你的嗜好興趣這一類的資訊。
網站或者網域 Coockie 的網站或者網域的名字。

網站 只有在下一次瀏覽當初設定 cookie 的那個 伺服器 時,coockie 裡的資訊會被傳送回去。

網域 只要瀏覽的網站跟設定 coockie 的網站在同一個網域,cookie 裡的資訊就會被傳送回去。一個網站的網域是它的 URL 的一部份,裡面包含了一個組織、公司或者學校的名字 — 像是 netscape.com 或者 washington.org.

路徑 檔案路徑。只有當連線到該路徑以下的 URLs 的時候 coockie 裡的資訊才會被送回去。舉例來說 http://a.b/x/y/z.html 意味著 cookie 也可以被設定給路徑 x/
伺服器安全 當這個欄位是 "是" 意味著當伺服器要求這個 coockie 時瀏覽器會先檢查該伺服器的連線,除非使用加密的連線 (HTTPS) 不然不會送出 coockie。
過期 Coockie 失效的日期與時間。瀏覽器會定期從你電腦裡移除過期的 cookies。
政策 網站已明確宣告的隱私政策模式資訊。(即使這個欄位是空白的,也有可能看到該網站的政策; 細節請看 觀看隱私政策。)

要移除 cookies,按一下以下其中一個按鈕:

勾選這個勾選盒以防列表中移除的 coockies 再度被加入列表中:

即使你這次把 coockie 移除掉,下一次你瀏覽相同網站的時候又會接收到相同的 coockies。為了防止這種事情發生,勾選這個勾選盒。當這個勾選盒被選取起來,當你移除掉某格網站的 coockie ,該網站就會被加入自動拒絕 coockie 的列表中。

你必須要按一下 "確定" 讓你改變的選項生效。

 


Cookie 網站設定

這個章節教你如何使用 Coockie 管理員的 Coockie 網站設定分頁。如果你還沒看到它,請按照以下步驟:

  1. 開啟編輯選單選擇喜好設定。
  2. 在隱私和安全性類別裡面,按一下 Cookies。 (如果看不到任何子類別,滑鼠雙擊隱私和安全性來展開列表。)
  3. 按一下 "管理已存的 Coockies"。
  4. 按一下 Cookie 網站分頁。

如果隱私和安全性喜好設定 - Cookies裡的 "要儲存 Coockie 前警告我" 選項被勾選起來,每當你瀏覽的網站要求你允許他設定一個 Coockie 的時候,你都會收到瀏覽器給你的警告。這個警告中包含一個選項讓你可以選擇要瀏覽器 "記住這次的決定"。

Coockie 管理員的 Cookie 網站設定分頁條列出曾經要瀏覽器"記住這次的決定"的網站,還有你當初的決定為何。你也可以把網站從列表中移除,如此 Coockie 管理員就不會再記住你對這些網站的決定:

一旦你把網站從列表中移除,Coockie 管理員會移除所有關於那個網站的記憶。如果 Coockie 喜好設定裡的 "要儲存 Coockie 前警告我" 選項依然被勾選起來,下次當你瀏覽該網站的時候,你還是會接到警告。

 


隱私設定

這個章節描述如何使用"隱私設定"視窗。如果你還沒看到它,請按照以下步驟:

  1. 開啟編輯選單選擇喜好設定。
  2. 在隱私和安全性類別裡面,按一下 Cookies。 (如果看不到任何子類別,滑鼠雙擊隱私和安全性來展開列表。)
  3. 選取標示著 "依據隱私設定接受 cookies"的按鈕
  4. 按一下"觀看"。

更多關於使用隱私設定的資訊,請看 設定隱私等級

在這個章節:

隱私等級

接受 Cookie 的政策

 

隱私等級

你在這裡設定的隱私等級,使你的瀏覽器依照網站(依P3P標準)公布的隱私政策以及 Coockie 接受政策裡的設定決定將如何處理 coockies。

"First party cookies" 你正在瀏覽的網站所設定的 cookies。 "Third-party cookies," 又被稱為 外來的 cookies,你正在瀏覽的網站以外的其他網站設定的 coockie。

你可以選擇以下其中一項隱私等級:

想要看到每以個隱私等級的確切效果,選擇該等級然後檢視"接受 Cookie 的政策"。

 

接受 Cookie 的政策

如果你選擇了位在隱私設定對話盒頂端的 自訂 選項,你可以選取下面八類別的個下拉式選單 (每個有四個選項) 裡面的設定。這些設定使得 Coockie Manager 發揮以下作用:

Coockie 通知圖示 (cookie notification icon) 出現在瀏覽器視窗的右下角。點選它你可以得到關於被影響的 coockie 的資訊,或者你可以修改你的隱私設定。

網站被分類為四個類別,每個類別又有兩種形式 (first-party and third-party) 的 cookies:

 


Cookie 通知

Coockie 通知圖示 (cookie notification icon) 顯示在瀏覽器視窗右下角的狀態列。依據你目前的隱私設定,當網站使用一個你必須被知會的 coockie 時就會顯示這個圖示。

這個章節描述如何使用 Coockie 通知對話盒,當你點選 Coockie 通知圖示,這個對話盒就會跑出來。你可以在這個對話盒採取以下動作:

相要知道更多關於使用隱私設定的資料,請看設定隱私等級.

 


Using the Password Manager

Many web sites require you to type a user name and password before you can enter the site. For instance, personalized pages and web sites containing your financial information usually require you to log in.

The user name and password you use at a particular site can be read by the site's administrator. Potentially, that person could then attempt to log into other sites where you may have used the same user name and password. If this concerns you, you may wish to use a different password at every site with which you register.

Password Manager can help you remember some or all of your names and passwords by storing them on your computer's hard disk, and entering them for you automatically when you visit such sites.

In this section:

Using Password Manager to Remember User Names and Passwords

Entering User Names and Passwords Automatically

Turning Password Manager On and Off

Viewing and Managing Stored Passwords

Password Settings

 

Using Password Manager to Remember User Names and Passwords

When Password Manager is active (as it is by default), it gives you an opportunity to save user names and passwords on your hard drive that you enter while using the Internet.

For example, after you log onto a web site from a page that requests a user name and password, a dialog box appears asking, "Do you want Password Manager to remember this logon?" When you see this dialog box, you can click one of the following buttons:

Similarly, when you log onto an email account or an FTP site, or perform any other action that requires the browser itself to display a special dialog box for your login information, you can select this option in the dialog box:

The next time you check your email or perform other tasks that require a password only, the password will be submitted directly without any futher action on your part. For tasks that require you to enter both a user name and password, you need to click a Login button or equivalent after Password Manager fills in the information.

Password Manager saves your user names and passwords on your own computer in a file that's difficult, but not impossible, for an intruder to read. See Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information for information on protecting your stored user names and passwords with encryption technology.

If the Password Manager dialog box described above does not appear when you click Submit after typing your user name and password, Password Manager may be turned off or the web site may disallow its use.

To check whether Password Manager is currently active, see Turning Password Manager On and Off.

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Entering User Names and Passwords Automatically

There are two different ways that Password Manager can fill in user names and passwords on your behalf:

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Turning Password Manager On and Off

Password Manager is on by default. To turn it off:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
  3. In the Password Manager section, deselect "Remember passwords" to turn Password Manager off.

To turn Password Manager on, follow steps 1 and 2 above, but select the checkbox in step 3 rather than deselecting it.

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Managing Stored Passwords

To see a list of the user names and passwords you have stored:

  1. Open the Tools menu, choose Password Manager, and then choose Manage Stored Passwords from the submenu. You see the Password Manager window.
  2. Click the Passwords Saved tab. You see a list of all the stored sites and user names. (Passwords are not listed.)
  3. Click OK to accept your changes.

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Using the Form Manager

Many web pages contain forms for you to fill out—order forms for online shopping, information databases, and so forth.

Form Manager can save the personal data you enter into online forms, such as your name, address, phone, credit card numbers, and so on. This information is stored on your hard drive. Then, when a web site presents you with a form, Form Manager can fill it in automatically.

In this section:

Saving Form Data

Filling Out Forms Automatically

Turning Off Form Manager Notification

Managing Stored Form Data

Editing Stored Site Information

Viewing Privacy Policies

Form Settings

 

Saving Form Data

By default, when you fill out an online form and click Submit, Form Manager detects the form and displays a dialog box asking if you want to save the personal data you just entered. Soon, Form Manager will have enough data to begin filling out forms automatically.

There are two ways to save personal data:

When Form Manager asks if you want to save values that you've entered in a form (the first method described above), it gives you three options:

Form Manager stores your personal data on your own computer in a file that's difficult, but not impossible, for an intruder to read. See Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information for information on protecting your information with encryption technology.

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Filling Out Forms Automatically

You can use the Form Manager to fill out forms automatically in two ways: either one field at a time, or multiple fields at once. In both cases, the information is not actually sent to the site until you click the Submit button or perform some similar action.

To fill out a single field automatically in an online form, double-click in the field. If Form Manager has stored the data for that field, it will fill it in. You can edit the filled-in data if necessary.

To fill out multiple fields in an online form all at once:

  1. Go to the online form you want to fill out.
  2. Open the Edit menu and choose Fill in Form.

    Note that the Fill in Form menu item won't be accessible if the Form Manager hasn't yet stored any relevant information.

  3. A dialog box called Prefill Form Data appears (unless you have previously chosen to bypass it for this site). This shows exactly what information Form Manager is about to fill in. You can use this dialog box as follows:
  4. Important: You can also choose to bypass this dialog box in the future. However, if you bypass this screen, you risk filling in personal information (such as your credit card number) inadvertently. For details, see below.

  5. Click OK to confirm your choices. Form Manager then fills in the form as you specified.
  6. The form is now filed in with the saved information. You may still need to provide some additional information that the Form Manager does not have available. The information is not actually sent to the site until you click Submit or perform some similar action.

In addition to providing a convenient way to confirm saved data and fill in a form all at once, the Prefill Form Data dialog box is useful for two reasons:

For a detailed description of the Prefill Form Data dialog box, see Prefill Form Data.

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Turning Off Form Manager Notification

Form Manager is set to prompt you to save information whenever you submit an online form that includes certain kinds of information, such as your name and address. To stop these messages from appearing on your screen:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Forms. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
  3. In the Form Manager section, deselect "Save form data from web pages when completing forms."

Note that deselecting this option turns off the notification feature, but not Form Manager. The form data it may have already collected is still available.

You can still open the Edit menu and choose Save Form Info any time you want to save information from a form you've just filled in, or choose Fill in Form (or double-click each field) to fill in a form automatically.

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Managing Stored Form Data

To examine or edit personal data that Form Manager has saved:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. From the Privacy & Security category, click Forms. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
  3. Click Manage Stored Form Data.

The Form Manager dialog box for editing data appears. Click the subcategories on the left to view or edit the corresponding data in the panel on the right. To view subcategories that aren't visible, double-click a category to expand the list.

To add information not currently included in one of the drop down lists on the right, select the blank item and start typing. Similarly, select existing text to edit or delete it.

The last category on the left side, Other Saved Information, includes panels for two special kinds of data:

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Editing Stored Site Information

As explained in Saving Form Data, you can choose "Never for this site" when Form Manager prompts you to save data you've entered in a form. Similarly, you can choose not to display the Prefill Form Data dialog box on a site-by-site basis.

Form Manager lets you change your mind about these decisions at any time. To view site-specific information about your saved form data:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. From the Privacy and Security category, click Forms. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
  3. Click Manage Sites.

The Form Manager dialog box for managing sites appears:

To remove a site from either list and thus restore the default behavior, select the site and click Remove. For more details, see Form Manager - Sites.

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Viewing Privacy Policies

When you provide personal information such as your name, phone number, or email address to a web site, or when the site collects personal information in other ways, the site can use the information for its own purposes (such as shipping you a product or customizing your browsing experience) and can potentially share it with others.

Before providing personal information on an online form, you must decide whether or not you trust the web site—just as you judge whether or not you trust a catalog company before you provide your credit card number on the company's order form.

One way to evaluate a web site's trustworthiness is to examine its published privacy policy. Web sites publish privacy statements online, and some of them publish such statements based on the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) standard and the browser's implementation of that standard.

A web site's privacy policy describes what kind of information the site collects, to whom it gives that information, and how it uses the information. Web sites publish privacy policies in both human-readable form and as a file that can be interpreted by the browser according to your Privacy Settings.

To view a web site's privacy policy, browse to the site and follow these steps:

Many web pages are made up of a variety of text, images, advertisements, and other elements, some of which may be controlled by different companies.

To view the same information for any individual element of the web page:

  1. Double-click the categories to see addresses for individual components.
  2. Select the component whose privacy policy you want to examine.
  3. Click the buttons as described above.

For more information on controlling your privacy, see Setting Privacy Levels.

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Form Settings

When you fill out an online form, Form Manager normally detects the form and, when you click Submit, gives you an opportunity to save the data you entered.

This section describes the preferences and other settings that control the way Form Manager works.

For step-by-step instructions on using these settings, see Using the Form Manager.

In this section:

Privacy & Security Preferences - Forms

Form Manager - Data

Form Manager - Sites

Prefill Form Data

 


Privacy & Security Preferences - Forms

This section describes how to use the Forms preferences panel. If you are not already viewing it, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Forms. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)

 

Form Manager

When you fill out an online form and click Submit, Form Manager displays a dialog box that asks if you want it to save the form data you just entered (but only some of the filled-in fields include standard ones such as name and address).

If you click Yes at least some of the time, Form Manager will soon have enough data to begin filling out forms automatically.

Form preferences allow you to

 


Form Manager - Data

This section describes how to use the window that allows you to edit data saved on your behalf by the Form Manager. If you are not already viewing this window, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Forms. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
  3. Click Manage Stored Form Data.

The Form Manager window for managing stored form data allows you to perform two tasks:

The last category on the left side, Other Saved Information, includes panels for two special kinds of data:

For step-by-step instructions on using the Form Manager, see Using the Form Manager.

 


Form Manager - Sites

This section describes how to use the dialog box that allows you to edit site information saved on your behalf by Form Manager. If you are not already viewing it, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Forms. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
  3. Click Manage Sites.

The Form Manager window for managing sites has two tabs:

Regardless of which tab you are viewing, you can remove entries from the list as follows:

See the descriptions of each tab above for the consequences of removing entries.

For step-by-step instructions on working with form data, see Using the Form Manager.

 


Prefill Form Data

This section describes the window that normally appears when you open the Edit menu and choose Fill In Form.

However, the Fill in Form menu item is enabled only if you have previously used Form Manager to save some form data and are now viewing a web page that is requesting some of the same data. For step-by-step instructions on working with form data, see Using the Form Manager.

The Prefill Form Data window allows you to perform these actions:


Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information

If you use Password Manager or Form Manager to save passwords and personal data, then this sensitive information is stored on your computer in a file that's difficult, but not impossible, for an intruder to read.

For example, if your computer is in an area where unauthorized people have access to it, it's possible for a determined person to read the file containing your sensitive information.

For a greater degree of security, you may want to protect the file with encryption. Encryption makes it much harder for an unauthorized person to view your stored sensitive information.

Your decision about whether to use encryption for stored sensitive data is a tradeoff between improved security and convenience.

If you use encryption, you will need to enter a master password periodically, which can be inconvenient. If you don't, it may be easier for a stranger who has access to your computer to steal your passwords.

In this section:

Turning Encryption On and Off

Setting a Master Password

Changing Your Master Password

Logging Out of Your Master Password

What to Do If You Forget Your Master Password

 

Turning Encryption On and Off

To turn on encryption for your stored sensitive information:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
  3. In the Encrypting versus Obscuring section, select "Use encryption when storing sensitive data."
  4. Click OK. If you haven't previously set a master password, a new dialog box appears and leads you through the process of setting it.

To turn encryption off, deselect "Use encryption when storing sensitive data."

You must supply your master password when you turn encryption on or off.

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Setting a Master Password

If you choose to encrypt your stored sensitive information, you'll need a master password. With encryption selected, you'll be asked for your master password at least once during a browser session in which you access any of your stored sensitive information.

If you choose encryption, but don't already have a master password, you'll be prompted to create one the first time you try to save or retrieve your sensitive information.

If your master password has not previously been set, you can set at this time:

  1. Open the Tools menu, choose Password Manager, and then choose Change Master Password from the submenu (even though you are setting it for the first time, not changing it).

    You see the Set Master Password dialog box.

  2. Enter your desired master password, and retype it to confirm the spelling.
  3. Click OK.

Make sure your new password is difficult to guess. For some suggestions on how to improve password security, see the online document Choosing a Good Password.

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Changing Your Master Password

To change your master password:

  1. Open the Tools menu, choose Privacy & Security, and then choose Password Manager.
  2. Select Change Master Password from the submenu. You see the Set Master Password dialog box.
  3. Enter your current master password (if you have previously set one).
  4. Enter your new master password, and retype it to confirm the spelling.
  5. Click OK.

Make sure your new password is difficult to guess. For some guidelines, see the online document Choosing a Good Password.

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Logging Out of Your Master Password

Normally, you are asked for your master password once during each browser session during which you access any of your stored sensitive information.

It's also possible to require that your master password be requested each time it is needed, or after a certain amount of time has passed. For details, see Master Password Timeout.

You can log out of your master password so that it must be entered again before any sensitive information can be stored or retrieved. This is useful if you are going to leave your computer unattended for a period of time.

To log out of your master password:

  1. Open the Tools menu and choose Password Manager.
  2. Select Log Out from the submenu.

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What to Do If You Forget Your Master Password

If you forget your master password and you have chosen to encrypt sensitive data (see Encrypting Stored Sensitive Information), you won't be able to access any of the stored password and form data that it protects (assuming you have turned on encryption. Your master password is your most important password. Make sure you remember it or record it in a safe place.

As a last resort, it's possible to reset your master password if you are sure you can't remember it. However, resetting your master password permanently erases all the web passwords, email passwords, and form data saved on your behalf by Password Manager and Form Manager. You will also lose all your personal certificates associated with the Software Security Device.

Before taking this drastic step, read Reset Master Password.

If you are sure you can't remember or retrieve your master password, follow these instructions to reset it:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Master Passwords. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)
  3. Click Reset Master Password.
  4. In the Reset Master Password dialog box, click Reset.

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Managing Images

If you wish, you can choose not to download any images when you browse the web. This greatly restricts what you can view online, but may be helpful if you have a slow connection and wish to shorten the time it takes web pages to load.

You can also control how frequently animated images repeat their animation, or turn off animation completely

The next section describes how to control these image settings. The default settings allow all images to be accepted and allow them to repeat their animation.

 


Privacy & Security Preferences - Images

This section describes how to set preferences for images. To view the preference settings for images:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Under the Privacy & Security category, click Images. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy & Security to expand the list.)

 

Image Acceptance Policy

Image Acceptance preferences allow you to control whether and where Navigator displays images:

 

Animated images should loop

These settings control how many times animated images repeat their animation:

 


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