Cookie Pal is a Windows based utility that makes managing your cookies a snap. Cookies are controversial little pieces of data given to your browser by web servers. The cookie is sent back to the server whenever you request future pages at the same site. This enables a web site to deliver personalized content including targeted advertising bringing up a host of privacy concerns. Cookie Pal gives...

This new free plug-in for IE 4.0 and 5.0 (Netscape and other versions are under development) helps users reclaim some of their privacy with easy-to-use icons in their browser that let them know when they are being "watched" by tracking networks and enable them to block the cookies these networks use. Importantly, IDcide distinguishes between local cookies that users may wish to allow, and network...