What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a tiny piece of text asking permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. If you agree, then your browser adds the text in a small file. Many browsers are set to accept cookies by default although you can change these settings, as described below.
If you have set your browser to notify you before accepting a cookie, you will notice that Dell websites requests cookies to be set on your computer. If you agree, then your browser stores the cookie on your computer as a small text file. This cookie, by itself, only tells us limited information. It doesn't tell us your e-mail address or who you are. If you want to give us that information later via registration, that's your choice.
Why does Dell use cookies?
We use cookies to let us know when you visit our site, what your preferences are and other information in order to save you time by removing the requirement to enter the same data repeatedly and to customize your experience with Dell.
We also work with trusted partners who use cookies to help us display personalized content and appropriate advertising on your visits to Dell and other websites. Cookies placed by our third party partners also assist us with measuring the performance of our advertising campaigns.
Third parties may also use cookies to deliver advertising on the Internet, whether you are on a Dell website or another website, based on your visits to Dell and other websites, and to measure the effectiveness of those advertisements. Information on the cookies may tell them the links and advertisements that you have clicked on, other actions you have taken on those pages and the website from which you came before visiting that website.
If you choose to decline the cookies, you may not be able to sign in or use other interactive features of Dell websites and services that depend on cookies.
Learn more about our ad serving partner, including how to decline participation in use of ad serving in this manner on Dell.com.
Why are Cookies Persistent?
If the web server does not detect a Unique ID for your session, it will generate one and send it to the client in the form of a cookie. So, if you accept the cookie, you only get it once. If you do not accept the cookie, it will try to send you one with every hit until you accept it. This means every page and item on that page you request from dell.com will come with a cookie request unless you already have one.
Are All Cookies The Same?
No. On the dell.com site we have two kinds; temporary and log cookies. Temporary cookies are necessary to maintain the user session and tell our server which page to pull up next. The traffic log cookie tells us what pages are being used and which ones aren't. This helps us make improvements to the site to better meet your needs and cut down on pages that don't get used.
How do I change my browser's cookie settings?
Your browser settings will allow you to delete or refuse website cookies, should you wish to do this. You may also change your browser settings to notify you each time a website wants to place a cookie on your computer, enabling you to exercise choice whether to accept or decline cookies from that website. As the means by which you can do this vary from browser to browser (for example, depending on whether you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome), please consult the "help" menu of your browser for further details.
Why Do I Need to Know This?
Because we value our relationship with you we want you to know why we ask you to accept cookie and how we use them.
