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brianco · 1st October 2009, 05:20 PM

I too am getting utmz cookies! Removed them about ten times but they reappear each time I enter this site!

Geek · 1st October 2009, 08:02 PM

They are related to Google Analytics and can't be blocked without blocking the site you're trying to use.

Though I understand there's a FF plugin and Opera widget that can do this...

Cheers!

Jason · 2nd October 2009, 01:06 AM

It's just Google Analytics, which lets us know how much traffic we get to the website, and to what pages. If you'd like to know the minutae:

http://code.google.com/apis/analytic...tsCookies.html

"Google Analytics tracking (and most web tracking software) uses cookies in order to provide meaningful reports about your site visitors. However, Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about your website visitors. "

brianco · 2nd October 2009, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason

It's just Google Analytics, which lets us know how much traffic we get to the website, and to what pages. If you'd like to know the minutae:

http://code.google.com/apis/analytic...tsCookies.html

"Google Analytics tracking (and most web tracking software) uses cookies in order to provide meaningful reports about your site visitors. However, Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about your website visitors. "

Jason & Geek,

Many thanks!

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1st October 2009, 05:20 PM	#11
brianco diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Scottish Borders - Kelso; on the famous Tweed River!	I too am getting utmz cookies! Removed them about ten times but they reappear each time I enter this site!

1st October 2009, 08:02 PM	#12
Geek diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004	They are related to Google Analytics and can't be blocked without blocking the site you're trying to use. Though I understand there's a FF plugin and Opera widget that can do this... Cheers!

2nd October 2009, 01:06 AM	#13
Jason :) diyAudio Administrator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne Blog Entries: 1	It's just Google Analytics, which lets us know how much traffic we get to the website, and to what pages. If you'd like to know the minutae: http://code.google.com/apis/analytic...tsCookies.html "Google Analytics tracking (and most web tracking software) uses cookies in order to provide meaningful reports about your site visitors. However, Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data about your website visitors. "

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