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9 Jun 2015, 3:36 PM
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website traces my store leaves?

I'm planning to build a new website using zen cart but I want to include in my privacy policy the exact information it stores on visitor's pc and how it traces them.
I presume one of them it's cookies. Can you please tell me if disabling them is possible ( also how ) and what would that affect the browsing history.
Another would be leaving information in local storage?

I know it's a lot to ask but I think a thread where it's mentioned the entire ways zen cart leaves information in visitors pc would be appreciated and solutions on how to disable them if wanted.

9 Jun 2015, 5:09 PM
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Re: website traces my store leaves?

There's an FAQ article on how Zen Cart uses cookies, which answers your questions.

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13 Jun 2015, 9:31 AM
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Re: website traces my store leaves?

Thank you for the update. Could you please let me know if cookies can be disabled and also there is no mention of local storage items so I presume it's not stored anything in there?

13 Jun 2015, 9:40 AM
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Re: website traces my store leaves?

RonaldNavarro689:

Thank you for the update. Could you please let me know if cookies can be disabled
Re-Read the FAQ.. the short answer to your question is NOPE if you want customers to complete a sales transaction..
Zen Cart requires that the visitor's computer accept a session cookie. This session cookie contains simply the session ID number which identifies the visitor to the store, as separate from other visitors.
The session ID is used only to recognize what the visitor has done during their visit to the store. This includes things like: whether the visitor has put something in their shopping basket, whether they have logged in, and allows them to proceed through checkout.

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RonaldNavarro689:

also there is no mention of local storage items so I presume it's not stored anything in there?
Your answer is here:
In a traditional configuration, and by definition, this session cookie expires at the end of the visitor's session in the browser, or at a predefined time (typically 24 minutes) after their last "click", whichever is sooner.

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15 Jun 2015, 9:48 AM
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Re: website traces my store leaves?

Ok, I think I understood now, thank you for the clarifications.