What is the Whitelist and How do I Access it on Privacy Controls?

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ParetoLogic Privacy Controls Whitelist

You may have items that you do not want to ever be deleted or erased. ParetoLogic Privacy Controls has a special feature that will prevent this from happening named Whitelist. The Whitelist is a list made up of accepted items. In the circumstances of ParetoLogic Privacy Controls, the Whitelist is comprised from items you accept as ones you do NOT want to erase once a scan has been run. These items will not be included in the erase procedure anytime you run the scan.

After a scan is finished you will see the results displayed as shown here:

You have the option to clear items from the list before they are erased. If you do not make any changes to the settings, all of the items that are listed will be erased.

ParetoLogic Privacy Controls and Cookies

A Cookie is a file that is stored on your system after you have viewed a web site. There are cookies that will hold the information on your computer such as user name and password so each time you return to the site you do not have to enter this information. Cookies are also sometimes used to track your browsing activities from site to site. This is performed to give the user specific advertisements to tempt them to buy. The result of these cookies being on your system is your privacy and security of information is at risk. It will depend on the site the cookie is from and whether or not you trust this site. If you trust the site you could add the cookie to your Whitelist. In the case of the username and password you may want to keep this allowing you fast and easy access to the site, but the tracking ones should be removed.

Accessing the Whitelist in ParetoLogic Privacy Controls

You have the option to clear Internet Explorer cookies storing them in the ParetoLogic Privacy Controls Whitelist ensuring they will not be erased. As stated the cookies containing the logon information are useful and allow automatic sign on when you visit a trusted site.

Adding an Internet Explorer Cookie to the Whitelist

You can add any of the Internet Explorer cookies to the Whitelist by doing the following:

1 – Set the Scan Options

Click the Options button on the left side of the Main Window and ensure that both the Internet Browser and Internet Explorer categories are selected as shown here:

You can read more about Scan Options in the Help files

2 – Begin the Scan

Click the Scan & Erase button located on the left side of the main window and you will then see this window:

Click on the Start button to begin the scan.

3 – Scan Results

After the scan is complete you will see this:

In the scan results find the Internet Explorer category shown here (under Internet Browsers in the list):

Expand the Internet Explorer category by clicking on the arrow to the left. You will see a screen like this showing all of the files in the Internet Explorer category:

You now must expand the Cookies category by clicking on the arrow to the left. All of the cookies on your system will be listed here. You can see them here:

Clear any of the check boxes that are associated with the cookie(s) you want to accept.

4 – Erase Process

Once you are done clearing the cookies you can select the Erase button to complete the process.

All of your settings are saved for future scans allowing the cookie to remain on your system. If you need to erase the cookie in the future all you have to do is put a check in the box next to it.

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