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Manages Cookies
These tools may prevent or restrict cookies being placed on your computer. Since cookies may be used to track the sites you visit on the Internet, managing cookies can protect your privacy and also limit the amount of online advertising you receive.
Manages Computer History/Cache
These tools prevent information about your online activities from being stored on your hard drive. Or they may periodically purge your "history" or "cache" by deleting this information from your hard drive. While a cache may make it easier for you to revisit a site, many users consider having this information stored about them a privacy risk.
Hides Browsing Information
Prevents Web sites from being able to view your IP address, browser type or operating system while you browse.
Is an Anonymous Internet Service Provider
An anonymous ISP doesnŐt store personally identifiable information and therefore is incapable of disclosing that information to others.
Enhances the security of online transactions
These tools make online transactions more secure by encrypting or otherwise hiding financially sensitive information that you send over the Web.
Limits personal information given to online merchants
These tools help you complete online purchase forms without disclosing all of your personal information.
Enhances email privacy
These tools encrypt or in some other way prevent others from viewing email sent over the Internet.
Enhances instant messaging privacy
These tools encrypt or in some other way prevent others from viewing your Instant Messaging sessions.
Erases certain files on my computer
These tools shred all copies of files so that they are irretrievable.
Erases remnants of my computer work and makes them irretrievable
These tools search your hard drive for back-up copies and other remnants of your work and then delete them.
Encrypts files
These tools encode files on your computer so that others cannot read them.
Creates an encrypted disk drive or partition
These tools create a separate section on your computer where valuable files are stored. It is encrypted so that others cannot see what is stored there.
Hides files and/or folders
Others cannot see files that are hidden by these tools. It is as if they didnŐt exist.
