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What are Cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text that are sent to your computer when you visit a website. On later visits, your computer's web brower returns this text data to the visited website.

A cookie consists of one or more name-value pairs containing bits of information such as:

• user preferences
• shopping cart contents
• the identifier for a server-based session
• other data used by websites

Being simple pieces of text, cookies are not executable. They are neither spyware nor viruses, although cookies from certain websites are detected by many anti-spyware products because they can allow users to be tracked when they visit various websites.

Namestead only uses cookies to automatically recognize you whenever you visit. This use of cookies for personalization is intended to enhance your user experience. Cookies may also be used by this website for fraud prevention and other website security purposes.

If your web browser is configured to refuse cookies from this website, then you may not be able to login, complete a purchase or take advantage of certain features of our website, such as storing items in your Shopping Cart or receiving personalized features. As such, we strongly encourage you to configure your web browser to accept cookies from our website.

Enabling Cookies

• Internet Explorer 8.x
• Internet Explorer 7.x
• Internet Explorer 6.x
• Mozilla/Firefox
• Opera 7.x

Internet Explorer 8.x

1. Select "Internet Options" from the Tools menu at the top of Internet Explorer 8

   Select the "Privacy" tab

   Click the "Sites" button

   You should be presented with the following screen:

   

2. Enter "namestead.com" in the "Address of website" field and click the "Allow" button

   

3. Click "Ok" confirm the settings

   

4. Click "Ok" to exit the "Internet Options" window

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Internet Explorer 7.x

1. Start Internet Explorer

2. Under the Tools menu, click Internet Options

   

3. Click the Privacy tab

   

4. Click the Advanced button

   

5. Put a check mark in the box for Override Automatic Cookie Handling, put another check mark in the Always accept session cookies box

   

6. Click OK

   

7. Click OK

   

8. Restart Internet Explorer

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Internet Explorer 6.x

1. Select Internet Options from the Tools menu

   

2. Click on the Privacy tab

3. Click the Default button (or manually slide the bar down to Medium) under Settings. Click OK

   

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Mozilla/Firefox

1. Click on the Tools-menu in Mozilla

2. Click on the Options... item in the menu - a new window open

3. Click on the Privacy selection in the left part of the window. (See image below)

   

4. Expand the Cookies section

5. Check the Enable cookies and Accept cookies normally checkboxes

6. Save changes by clicking Ok.

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Opera 7.x

1. Click on the Tools menu in Opera

2. Click on the Preferences... item in the menu - a new window open

3. Click on the Privacy selection near the bottom left of the window. (See image below)

   

4. The Enable cookies checkbox must be checked, and Accept all cookies should be selected in the "Normal cookies" drop-down

5. Save changes by clicking Ok

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