McAfee Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Technologies Notice
McAfee uses cookies, web beacons, and other technologies for a variety of purposes -to remember your preferences, provide services (including product and site
functionality), analyze our performance, enhance and personalize your experience, and
provide marketing communications.
By using any of our websites, you accept their use of cookies, web beacons, and other
such technologies in accordance with this Notice and the McAfee Privacy Policy. In
particular, you accept the use of Essential, Analytical/ Customization, and Advertising
cookies as described below.
If you do not wish to accept the use of cookies please disable them by following the
instructions in this Notice, visiting the Cookie Consent Manager, or changing your
browser settings so that cookies cannot be placed on your computer or mobile
device. Disabling certain cookies (i.e., Essential Cookies) may render the website
inaccessible in whole, or in part.
What are cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are automatically
downloaded to your computer or device when you visit a website. Cookies send data
back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or shares data with another
website that recognizes that cookie.
Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognize a user’s device. They do
lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering
your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. They can also help to
ensure that the advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your
interests.
For further information on cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on
your device and how to manage and delete them, visit
http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
Types of cookies we use
There are three different types of cookies we use:
• Essential cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our
websites (e.g., to enable you to log-in to secure areas of our websites or use a
shopping cart). These cookies are necessary for the website to operate properly.
• Analytical/Customization cookies. These cookies collect information about how
visitors use and interact with a website, for instance which pages they go to
most often. These cookies also enable us to personalize content, greet you by
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name, and remember your preferences (e.g., your choice of language, country,
or region). These cookies helps us improve the way our websites work and
provide a better, personalized user experience.
• Advertising cookies. These cookies record your visit to our websites, the pages you
have visited, and the links you have clicked. They gather information about your
browsing habits and remember that you have visited a website. We (and thirdparties) may use this information to make our websites, content, and
advertisements displayed on them more relevant to your interests.
To find out more about interest-based ads and your choices, visit these sites:
Digital Advertising Alliance, the Network Advertising Initiative, and the
Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe.
Some of the cookies we commonly use are listed in the following chart. This list is not
exhaustive, but it is intended to illustrate primary reasons for certain types of cookies set
by McAfee and third parties on our websites. Third parties (such as Omniture) may also
set certain cookies on your device when you visit McAfee websites. In some cases, the
third party has been hired to provide certain services on McAfee’s behalf (e.g., website
analytics). In other cases, our websites contain content or ads from third parties (e.g.,
videos, news content, or ads delivered by other ad networks). When your browser
connects to those third parties’ web servers to retrieve content, those third parties may
set and use their own cookies on your device.
If you visit a McAfee website, some or all of the following cookies may be placed on your
device:
Cookie Name
Description
Source
Expiry
How to block
Essential cookies
HPrst
HRntm
This is an authentication cookie
set when a user signs in with a
McAfee account.
Contains user's language and
subscription profile.
Enables us to remember when
you are logged in to the secure
area on a McAfee website.
Advertising cookies
Identifies unique browsers to
s_campaign
McAfee websites. It is used for
advertising, site analytics and
other operational functions.
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Cookie Consent manager or
browser settings
McAfee
10 years
McAfee
End of
Session
McAfee
1 month
Cookie Consent manager or
browser settings
Cookie Consent manager or
browser settings
2
Analytic/Customization Cookies
Collects information in an
ss_q
anonymous form, including the
number of visitors to the
websites, where visitors have
come to the websites from and
the pages they visited.
Adobe
End of
Session
Cookie Consent manager or
browser settings
How long do cookies stay on my device?
Some cookies operate from the time you visit a McAfee website to the end of that
particular web-browsing session. These cookies expire and are automatically deleted
when you close your internet browser. These cookies are called “session” cookies.
Some cookies will stay on your device between browsing sessions – they do not expire
when you close your browser. These cookies are called “persistent” cookies. The length
of time a persistent cookie stays on your device varies from cookie to cookie.
How to control which cookies are set
There are a number of ways you can manage what Analytics/Customization and
Advertising cookies are set on you devices. Essential cookies, however, cannot be
disabled. If you do not allow certain cookies to be installed, the website may not be
accessible to you and/or the performance, features, or services of the website may be
compromised.
1. McAfee Cookie Consent Manager
Click on the button below to set your cookie preferences. You will be able to
select whether or not to allow Advertising and Analytics/Customization cookies.
Remember, however, some functionality and features require cookies. Examples
of this are site analytics, which requires an "Analytics/Customization" cookie,
and promotions, which requires an "Advertising" cookie. If you do not accept
certain cookies, your experience on McAfee websites may not be as robust or
personal as it could be.
2. Browser Controls
Another way to manage cookies is through your internet browser’s
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settings. Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies
you may not be able to access parts of our or others’ websites. The following
links provide information on how to modify the cookies settings on some
popular browsers:
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Apple Safari
Google Chrome
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Cookies that have been set in the past
If you have recently disabled one or more cookies, we will stop using the disabled cookies
to collect any further information. However, we may still use information collected from
such cookies prior to your “disable” preference being set.
Our use of Web Beacons
McAfee web pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons - sometimes
called “clear GIFs”, “single-pixel GIFs”, or “web bugs”. Web beacons are used to deliver
cookies on our websites, count clicks/users/visitors, and deliver co-branded content or
services. We may include web beacons in our promotional e-mail messages or
newsletters to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.
McAfee websites may also contain web beacons from third parties to help us compile
aggregated statistics regarding the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns or other
website operations. These web beacons may allow the third parties to set or read cookies
on your device.
Other Similar Technologies
In addition to the aforementioned cookies and web beacons, McAfee websites also use
other technologies to store and retrieve data from your device. This may be done to
maintain your preferences or to improve speed and performance by storing certain files
locally. These technologies include Local Shared Objects (or "Flash cookies") and
Silverlight Application Storage.
• Local Shared Objects or "Flash cookies." Websites that use Adobe Flash technologies
may use Local Shared Objects or "Flash cookies" to store data on your device.
Note that the ability to clear Flash cookies may or may not be controlled by your
browser setting for standard cookies as that may vary by browser. To manage or
block Flash cookies, go to
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/sett
ings_manager.html.
• Silverlight Application Storage. Websites or applications that use Microsoft Silverlight
technology also have the ability to store data by using Silverlight Application
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Storage. To learn how to manage or block such storage, visit Silverlight.
Do Not Track Signals
There is no uniform or consistent standard or definition for responding to, processing,
or communicating Do Not Track signals. At this time McAfee websites do not function
differently based a user’s Do Not Track signal. For more information on Do Not Track
signals, see All About Do Not Track.
If you have any questions about how McAfee uses cookies, you can contact McAfee by
emailing privacy@mcafee.com.
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