1. In Internet Explorer, click on the View menu, and then click Privacy Report to see all of the content on the page you are viewing. This will indicate which cookies were accepted, which cookies were blocked, and other items included on the page.

Here's how to change your privacy settings:

1. In Internet Explorer, click on the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options.
   
2. Click on the Privacy tab, move the slider up for a higher level of privacy or down for a lower level of privacy. Here you will be given the option to select cookies, block all cookies - high, medium high, medium, or low - or accept all cookies.

For additional information on P3P, cookies, privacy and security for IE6, in Internet Explorer, click on the Help menu and then click Contents and Index. Click the Search tab, type in P3P and click on List Topics. Choose a topic in the Select Topic to Display box and then click Display at the bottom.

Here's how to change your privacy settings for individual sites:

1. In Internet Explorer, click on the Tools menu, and then click Internet Options.
   
2. Click on the Privacy tab and then click Edit.
   
3. In Address of Web Site, type the complete address of the Web site for which you want to specify custom settings. For example, http://www.citifinancial.com.
   
4. To save on your computer that you want Internet Explorer to always allow cookies from the specified Web site, click Allow. To save on your computer that you want Internet Explorer to never allow cookies from the specified Web site, click Block.

Once you have designated a Web site to always allow cookies, you can close this box. The site should now work as it did before you installed IE6.

For additional information on P3P, cookies, privacy and security for IE6, in Internet Explorer, click on the Help menu and then click Contents and Index. Click the Search tab, type in P3P and click on List Topics. Choose a topic in the Select Topic to Display box and then click Display at the bottom.

The descriptions provided in the IE6 Help section, indicate how IE6 will behave when all sites have upgraded to become P3P compatible. Today, many sites have not had sufficient time to upgrade to be P3P compliant. Until P3P compatibility is widespread, you may experience denial of access or disruption of certain functionalities on sites you previously used successfully.

How are cookies used?
A cookie is a text-only string or file created by an Internet site to store information in the memory of your browser, such as your preferences when visiting that site. For example, if you inquire about a specific loan product on a financial Web site, the site may create a cookie that contains your selection of the loan type you're interested in. Or it may only contain a record of the pages you looked at within the site you visited, to help the site customize the view for you the next time you visit.

Cookies can also store personally identifiable information you voluntarily provide. Personally identifiable information is information that can be used to identify or contact you, such as your name, e-mail address, home or work address or telephone number. However, a Web site only has access to the personally identifiable information you provide. For example, a Web site cannot determine your e-mail name unless you provide it. Also, a Web site cannot gain access to other information on your computer. Once a cookie is saved on your computer, only the Web site that created the cookie can read it.

1. In Internet Explorer, click on the Help menu
   
2. Select About Internet Explorer
   
3. Read the version number located on the first line. If the version number says 6.0, then you have IE6.

While there are many positive aspects to the P3P privacy tool, the rigid definition of first-party and third-party sites may create serious problems for users and site sponsors.

According to the P3P specification as published by the World Wide Web Consortium (and consistent with privacy laws and the common understanding of Internet users) first-party and third-party Web sites are defined as follows:

• First-party sites are those owned or controlled in common by one company. However, in IE6 release, the P3P software looks for an exact match on minimal domain name before it will classify sites as first-party sites with regard to each other. For example, while most users would think of www.citifinancial.com and www.citifinancial.ca to be first-party sites, IE6 considers them to be third-party sites with respect to each other.

Since many companies use different domain names, different servers to enhance performance and third-party proprietary content to enrich sites, P3P, in its current form, may lead to blocking or changing cookies set by what it perceives as "third parties". However, the user or site sponsor would never expect or want to be treated as "third-party" cookies. This is one reason why users may choose to designate certain trusted sites as "Preferred Sites" where all cookies will be accepted.