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Privacy Tab

Video: For a quick overview of how to manage the Privacy tab using Endpoint Policy Manager Application Settings Manager, see the following video: http://www.endpointpolicymanager.com/video/endpointpolicymanager-manage-ie-privacy-tab.html.

The Privacy tab, shown in Figure 10, lets you specify how cookies should be handled and which websites are allowed and blocked.

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Figure 10. Cookie settings in the Privacy tab.

In the IE AppSet, the dropdown menu in Figure 11 can be used to set how cookies are handled for the Internet zone. It is important to read the note below the entry you select.

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Figure 11. Configuring cookie settings in the Privacy tab.

Additionally, the Per Site Privacy special section can also be set here. On the first line, you can specify MODE=REPLACE or MODE=MERGE. If you don't specify, the default is MODE=MERGE. Next, specify a web page followed by a comma and one of the following the words:

  • allow
  • block

This will place the site into the "Per Site Privacy Actions" list and will specify "Block" or "Allow." You can also choose to turn on the Pop-Up Blocker within the IE Privacy tab, as shown in >Figure 12.

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Figure 12. Pop-up Blocker settings can be found in the Privacy tab.

The corresponding dialog can be seen in the IE AppSet in Figure 13.

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Figure 13. Configuring the Pop-up Blocker settings in the Privacy tab.

To use this, you need to check the box for "Turn on Pop-up Blocker," then click the "Settings" button. Next, specify a web page followed by a comma and the word "allow" or the word "remove" on the exceptions list, as shown in Figure 12. This will add or remove the sites from Internet Explorer's Pop-Up Blocker settings dialog.