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Cookie Policy

Which of the following cookie policies do you primarily use when browsing?
Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Always accept 3136 34.3 34.3 34.3
Same domain 705 7.7 7.7 42.0
Warn 2442 26.7 26.7 68.7
Never accept 577 6.3 6.3 75.0
What is cookie 1190 13.0 13.0 88.0
Don't know policy 1023 11.2 11.2 99.2
No support 77 .8 .8 100.0
Total 9150 100.0 100.0

Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy
Location Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Always accept 53 41.4 41.4 41.4
Same domain 13 10.2 10.2 51.6
Warn 18 14.1 14.1 65.6
Never accept 17 13.3 13.3 78.9
What is cookie 16 12.5 12.5 91.4
Don't know policy 10 7.8 7.8 99.2
No support 1 .8 .8 100.0
Total 128 100.0 100.0
USA Valid Always accept 2567 33.7 33.7 33.7
Same domain 578 7.6 7.6 41.3
Warn 2024 26.6 26.6 67.8
Never accept 434 5.7 5.7 73.5
What is cookie 1025 13.5 13.5 87.0
Don't know policy 923 12.1 12.1 99.1
No support 68 .9 .9 100.0
Total 7619 100.0 100.0
Europe Valid Always accept 205 38.4 38.4 38.4
Same domain 42 7.9 7.9 46.3
Warn 174 32.6 32.6 78.8
Never accept 58 10.9 10.9 89.7
What is cookie 33 6.2 6.2 95.9
Don't know policy 20 3.7 3.7 99.6
No support 2 .4 .4 100.0
Total 534 100.0 100.0
Other Valid Always accept 311 35.8 35.8 35.8
Same domain 72 8.3 8.3 44.1
Warn 226 26.0 26.0 70.1
Never accept 68 7.8 7.8 77.9
What is cookie 116 13.3 13.3 91.3
Don't know policy 70 8.1 8.1 99.3
No support 6 .7 .7 100.0
Total 869 100.0 100.0

Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy
Gender Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Always accept 53 41.4 41.4 41.4
Same domain 13 10.2 10.2 51.6
Warn 18 14.1 14.1 65.6
Never accept 17 13.3 13.3 78.9
What is cookie 16 12.5 12.5 91.4
Don't know policy 10 7.8 7.8 99.2
No support 1 .8 .8 100.0
Total 128 100.0 100.0
Female Valid Always accept 840 24.3 24.3 24.3
Same domain 169 4.9 4.9 29.1
Warn 920 26.6 26.6 55.7
Never accept 158 4.6 4.6 60.3
What is cookie 761 22.0 22.0 82.3
Don't know policy 566 16.3 16.3 98.6
No support 48 1.4 1.4 100.0
Total 3462 100.0 100.0
Male Valid Always accept 2243 40.3 40.3 40.3
Same domain 523 9.4 9.4 49.7
Warn 1504 27.1 27.1 76.8
Never accept 402 7.2 7.2 84.0
What is cookie 413 7.4 7.4 91.5
Don't know policy 447 8.0 8.0 99.5
No support 28 .5 .5 100.0
Total 5560 100.0 100.0

Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy
Age Groups Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Always accept 54 40.3 40.3 40.3
Same domain 13 9.7 9.7 50.0
Warn 18 13.4 13.4 63.4
Never accept 18 13.4 13.4 76.9
What is cookie 19 14.2 14.2 91.0
Don't know policy 10 7.5 7.5 98.5
No support 2 1.5 1.5 100.0
Total 134 100.0 100.0
11-20 Valid Always accept 341 33.1 33.1 33.1
Same domain 59 5.7 5.7 38.8
Warn 191 18.5 18.5 57.3
Never accept 66 6.4 6.4 63.7
What is cookie 238 23.1 23.1 86.8
Don't know policy 121 11.7 11.7 98.5
No support 15 1.5 1.5 100.0
Total 1031 100.0 100.0
21-25 Valid Always accept 467 35.5 35.5 35.5
Same domain 102 7.7 7.7 43.2
Warn 325 24.7 24.7 67.9
Never accept 77 5.8 5.8 73.7
What is cookie 205 15.6 15.6 89.3
Don't know policy 133 10.1 10.1 99.4
No support 8 .6 .6 100.0
Total 1317 100.0 100.0
26-50 Valid Always accept 1846 35.2 35.2 35.2
Same domain 430 8.2 8.2 43.4
Warn 1502 28.7 28.7 72.1
Never accept 327 6.2 6.2 78.3
What is cookie 544 10.4 10.4 88.7
Don't know policy 558 10.6 10.6 99.4
No support 33 .6 .6 100.0
Total 5240 100.0 100.0
50+ Valid Always accept 428 30.0 30.0 30.0
Same domain 101 7.1 7.1 37.0
Warn 406 28.4 28.4 65.5
Never accept 89 6.2 6.2 71.7
What is cookie 184 12.9 12.9 84.6
Don't know policy 201 14.1 14.1 98.7
No support 19 1.3 1.3 100.0
Total 1428 100.0 100.0

Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy
Experience Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
. Valid Always accept 53 41.4 41.4 41.4
Same domain 13 10.2 10.2 51.6
Warn 18 14.1 14.1 65.6
Never accept 17 13.3 13.3 78.9
What is cookie 16 12.5 12.5 91.4
Don't know policy 10 7.8 7.8 99.2
No support 1 .8 .8 100.0
Total 128 100.0 100.0
<1 Year Valid Always accept 319 21.1 21.1 21.1
Same domain 64 4.2 4.2 25.3
Warn 299 19.8 19.8 45.1
Never accept 60 4.0 4.0 49.0
What is cookie 461 30.5 30.5 79.5
Don't know policy 281 18.6 18.6 98.1
No support 29 1.9 1.9 100.0
Total 1513 100.0 100.0
1-3 Years Valid Always accept 1326 33.1 33.1 33.1
Same domain 292 7.3 7.3 40.4
Warn 1072 26.8 26.8 67.2
Never accept 220 5.5 5.5 72.7
What is cookie 537 13.4 13.4 86.1
Don't know policy 523 13.1 13.1 99.2
No support 34 .8 .8 100.0
Total 4004 100.0 100.0
>4 Years Valid Always accept 1438 41.0 41.0 41.0
Same domain 336 9.6 9.6 50.6
Warn 1053 30.0 30.0 80.7
Never accept 280 8.0 8.0 88.6
What is cookie 176 5.0 5.0 93.7
Don't know policy 209 6.0 6.0 99.6
No support 13 .4 .4 100.0
Total 3505 100.0 100.0

Source: GVU's Ninth WWW User Survey (Conducted April 1998)
URL:http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/
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Contact: www-survey@cc.gatech.edu

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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280