SecurityĬookies used for security authenticate users, prevent fraud and protect users as they interact with a service. For example, ‘CGIC’ improves the delivery of search results by auto-completing search queries based on a user’s initial input. Some cookies improve the performance of Google services. The cookie ‘pm_sess’ also helps maintain a user’s browser session and lasts for 30 minutes.
This cookie lasts for as long as the user keeps their browser open. For example, ‘YSC’ is used by YouTube to remember user input and associate a user’s actions. Some cookies are used to maintain and enhance a user’s experience during a specific browsing session. This cookie expires eight months from a user’s last use. For YouTube Music, these preferences include volume, repeat mode and auto-play. YouTube uses the ‘PREF’ cookie to store information, such as a user’s preferred page configuration and playback preferences like autoplay, shuffle content and player size. A cookie called ‘VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE’ serves a similar purpose for YouTube and is also used to detect and resolve problems with the service. Each NID cookie expires six months from a user’s last use.
This cookie contains a unique ID used to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language, how many search results you prefer to have shown on a results page (for example, 10 or 20), and whether you want to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. For example, most people who use Google services have a cookie called ‘NID’ in their browsers. Some cookies are used to maintain a user’s preferences. Things considered fundamental to the service include preferences like the user’s choice of language, product optimisations that help maintain and improve a service, and maintaining information relating to a user’s session, such as the content of a shopping basket. FunctionalityĬookies used for functionality allow users to interact with a service or site to access features that are fundamental to that service. For example, if you use Google Chrome as your browser, you can visit chrome://settings/cookies. You can also manage cookies in your browser (though browsers for mobile devices may not offer this visibility). To manage how cookies are used, you can refuse the use of certain cookies through your Google personalisation settings at any time by visiting g.co/privacytools. Best of all, Chrome automatically signs you into all your favorite Google services, so you're ready to go at the click of a button.Some or all of the cookies described below may be stored in your browser.
Simply sign into the new Chrome application and you can automatically share your bookmarks, settings, browser history and all other stored information across all your devices. You can quickly and easily change the theme, extensions, tab appearance and many more elements or download the latest applications and themes from the Chrome Web Store.
With state-of-the-art malware and phishing protection and automatic security updates, you can rest assured that you are fully protected throughout your browsing experience.Ĭhrome's comprehensive privacy policy and settings entail that you maintain full control over what information you share when working online.Ĭhrome's wide range of customizable options means that there are endless ways in which you can modify your browsing experience to suit your unique needs. The latest release of Google Chrome incorporates a complex array of security measures that are designed to protect you against attack. The clean and simple display can also be quickly and easily personalized by dragging and dropping the boxes and tabs to suit your unique browsing needs. The new browser window of Chrome's latest release offers effortless simplicity to deliver a user interface that is intuitive to use. From the moment you start the browser on your device, through to online search, page load and the initiation of web applications, everything is at your fingertips at the click of a button. The latest release of Google Chrome has been specifically designed to deliver a fast and efficient browsing experience.