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Many web browsers including Apple's Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7 support P3P which allows the web browser to determine whether to allow 3rd party cookies to be stored. The Opera web browser allows users to refuse third-party cookies and to create global and specific security profiles for Internet domains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://operawiki.info/NewCookieSettings|publisher=OperaWiki.info|title=Cookie Settings for Opera 9|accessdate=2008-01-20}}</ref> Firefox 2.x dropped this option from its menu system but it restored it with the release of version 3.x.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Disabling+third+party+cookies|publisher=Mozilla.com|title=Disabling third party cookies}}</ref>
Third-party cookies can be blocked by most browsers to increase privacy and reduce tracking by advertising and tracking companies without negatively affecting the user's Web experience.<ref name=howtoblock>{{cite news|first=Rob |last=Pegoraro |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/16/AR2005071600111.html |title=How to Block Tracking Cookies |page=F07 |date=July 17, 2005 |publisher=Washington Post |accessdate=2009-01-04}}</ref> Many advertising operators have an opt-out option to behavioural advertising, with a generic cookie in the browser stopping behavioural advertising.<ref>[
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