Privacy settings for the Internet zone can be changed from the Privacytab in the Internet Optionsdialog box. The implementation uses the Privacy Functionsto perform the following tasks:

• Change the privacy level
  
  Use the PrivacySetZonePreferenceWfunction to change the privacy levels in Internet Explorer. Pass the appropriate template identifiers in the dwTemplateparameter. For more information about PrivacyTemplates flags to specify, see Privacy Flags.
  
  
• Apply advanced settings
  
  Use PrivacySetZonePreferenceWto apply advanced settings. Pass PRIVACY_TEMPLATE_ADVANCED as the template identifier in dwTemplateand specify the template to use in the pszPreferenceparameter depending on the option selected in the Privacytab of the Internet Optionsdialog box in your browser. The following table shows the values to pass.
  
  

  Values	Description
  "IE6-P3PV1/settings: always=a"	The Acceptradio button is selected in the Privacytab.
  "IE6-P3PV1/settings: always=r"	The Blockradio button is selected in the Privacytab.
  "IE6-P3PV1/settings: always=p"	The Promptradio button is selected in the Privacytab.

Note:
The session=ais added to each one of these templates if Always allow session cookiesis enabled in the Privacytab.

• Manage site-by-site cookie handling
  
  Use the following functions to provide site-by-site cookie management.
  
  
  • InternetEnumPerSiteCookieDecisionA
    
    
  • InternetEnumPerSiteCookieDecisionW
    
    
  • InternetSetPerSiteCookieDecisionA
    
    
  • InternetSetPerSiteCookieDecisionW
    
    
  • InternetClearAllPerSiteCookieDecisions
    
    
  In addition to these functions, site settings can also be modified from the user interface Control Panel. Users can specify how cookie decisions are applied to cookies from specific sites. These site-specific decisions are stored in the registry by WinInet when the user selects the site and specifies the cookie actions to apply to all cookies from the site. For more information about site cookie handling registry keys, see Privacy Settings in WinInet Registry Settings.
  
  

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