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DoNotTrackPlus: Block Companies & Networks From Tracking You

TehseenBaweja — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:01:10 +0000

You may think you are browsing a simple shopping website or social network, but the truth is that we all have no idea how many advertisers, networks or profiling companies are tracking us every second. On the surface, they are just collecting data about our browsing habits, but why should they without our permission?

DoNotTrackPlus is a tool that helps by blocking all sorts of tracking online right from your browser. Not only that, the tool actually displays the number of trackers it is blocking at that very moment on your browser bar. By clicking on it, you can see exactly which companies were trying to track you. Moreover, it also tells you exactly how many social buttons are present on the webpage you are currently browsing.

Features:

Block companies from tracking you online.
Displays the number of trackers it blocked.
Displays list of actual companies/networks trying to track.
Works on Windows/MAC and all major browsers.
Similar tools: Internet Anonymity Test, YouHaveDownloaded, Open Port Check Tool and ShieldsUP.

Get DoNotTrackPlus @ www.donottrackplus.com

SelectOut: Helps to Opt-out Tracking Cookies

MOin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:01:23 +0000

Knowing the various threats that the Internet poses, online privacy has now become an important issue for all Internet users. Browser cookies are one way your Internet activities are tracked. To view and selectively opt-out these tracking cookies you should pay a visit to Select Out.

Select Out is a free to use website that helps detect browser cookies. Along with discovering these cookies it also shows the services the cookies correspond to.

By clicking on a service’s name you can open its Select Out profile where you can read about it in detail.

You can then remove all cookies by one simple mouse click. Alternatively you can do a selective removal by removing some cookies and leaving the others intact. The selective removal gives you a greater control over your online privacy.

Features:

Helps ensure online privacy.
Finds stored browser cookies and the web services they belong to.
Deletes all cookies and helps perform selective removals.
Similar tools: PrivacyChoise and KeepMyoptOut.
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Check out Select Out @ www.selectout.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

PrivacyChoice: Opt Out Cookies That Track Your Browsing

Kaly — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:10:13 +0000

There are hundreds of advertising companies on the web which track and analyze your browsing behavior by placing cookies into your browser with or without your consent. If you are one of those who are really concerned about privacy and do not want to be tracked, you can easily opt out from getting cookies from these ad networks.

This is where PrivacyChoice can help, it lets you simultaneously opt out from a number of major ad networks (eg: Google AdSense, DoubleClick, Yahoo! and AOL ) with a single click of a button. Quick, simple and you do not have to go to each network individually.

The another way to protect your browsing privacy is simply use software to delete cookies.

Features:

Lets you opt out from being tracked by advertising companies.
Simple and easy to use, it takes a single click.
Free. No sign-up needed.

Check out PrivacyChoice @ www.privacychoice.net (via Lifehacker)