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      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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      <years>2013</years>
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    <desc>How do I choose which websites I allow to store data?</desc>
  <credit type="translator copyright"><name>Fran Dieguez</name><email>frandieguez@gnome.org</email><years>2018-2023</years></credit></info>

  <title>Set website data storage preference</title>

  <p>You can specify whether you want to accept website data and from which
  websites.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
      <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui><gui style="tab">Privacy</gui></guiseq>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select whether you want to accept website data.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>Website data includes cookies, databases, and local storage data.</p>

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  be retrieved by the website to notify the website of your previous activity.
  Cookies are a common method used by web servers to know whether you are
  logged in to an account on a specific website or not.</p>

  <p>If you do not accept website data storage, you may experience problems on
  some websites like logging into your accounts, saving your preferences, or not
  being able add items to your shopping basket. It is recommended to leave website
  data storage enabled.</p>

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