# Privacy

These settings give you control over your privacy on the Internet.

## Referrer logging

Some Web sites make a note of which page you came from, and behave accordingly. Turn referrer logging off if you do not want one site to know which other site you just came from.

Note: Some sites depend on referrer logging to work properly.

## Automatic redirection

Some Web pages automatically redirect you to another page or site. Disable automatic redirection if you would rather have manual control by clicking redirection links.

## Password-protected pages

If you log in to use a Web site, the log-in page will always be deleted from Opera's cache when you exit.

To make sure that Web pages you have visited within a password-protected site are also deleted, check the option to use cookies to trace password-protected pages.

Note: Checking this option will also prevent password-protected pages from appearing in your global history, and links to these pages will not be marked as visited.

## General cookie handling

You can decide whether cookies should be treated on a general basis, based on per-server rules or display a multiple choice dialog in each individual case.

Normal cookies are sent from the site you are visiting, while third party cookies are sent from a different server (like an ad server).

You should refuse cookies that contain illegal information to prevent abuse.

## Server manager

You can handle cookies based on which site sets them, for example accept cookies from www.example.org, but refuse cookies from www.example.com.

As you browse the Web, cookies set on your computer are collected and displayed in the Server Manager, so you control how they are handled.

By default, all servers are set to lend the normal cookie settings in Preferences, but you can create particular rules for particular servers if you want.

1. Click
2. Find the server by typing in Quickfind or clicking the list
3. Click to decide how to treat cookies from that particular server

If you enable settings for entire domain on the server www.example.org, the settings will apply for all servers in the example.org domain, like www2.example.org and www4.www3.example.org.

Tip: The Server manager can also be used for managing Wand log-ins.

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