Tiny morsels of information a web site sends to your computer for storage in a reserved space on your hard drive. Stored as a series of numbers understood by your computer, cookies enable PersonalMD to read your user name and password so you can access your personal information and receive customized news on your home page.

Do I need to have cookies turned on while viewing PersonalMD?
PersonalMD.com works best with cookies turned on. Once you are a PersonalMD member and you return to our site using the same terminal, with the help of cookies we recognize you and load your personalized home page automatically so you don't need to log in to your personal page every time.

What is Sign Out?
If you are using a public terminal, we recommend you sign out of your personal home page. This action removes your cookie from the system so when somebody else browses PersonalMD using the same terminal, he/she won't view your personal page.
Remember! Once you sign out, to view your personal page you need to log in again.

How do I turn off cookies manually?
To disable cookies,

Using Microsoft Internet Explorer:
1. Choose "Internet Options" from the "View" menu.
2. Select the "Advanced" tab on the window that pops up.
3. Scroll the "Options" box down to the section labeled "Cookies." 4. Make sure the "Disable all cookie use" option is selected.

Using Netscape:
1. Choose "Preferences" at the bottom of the "Edit" menu.
2. Select the "Advanced" category at the bottom of the white category box.
3. In the "Cookies" area (lower half of gray box) choose "Do not accept cookies" and make sure the "Warn me before accepting a cookie" box is not checked.

How do I enable my computer to accept cookies?

In Microsoft Internet Explorer:
1. Choose "Internet Options" from the "View" menu.
2. Select the "Advanced" tab on the window that pops up.
3. Scroll the "Options" box down to the section labeled "Cookies."
4. Make sure the "Disable all cookie use" option is not selected.

In Netscape:
1. Choose "Preferences" at the bottom of the "Edit" menu.
2. Select the "Advanced" category at the bottom of the white category box.
3. In the "Cookies" area (lower half of gray box) select "Accept all cookies."