Category: Only Internet Explorer 8.0

This policy setting allows you to turn off InPrivate Filtering. InPrivate Filtering helps users control whether third parties can automatically collect information about their browsing based on the sites that they visit. InPrivate Filtering does this by identifying third-party content that is used by multiple websites that users have visited. If you enable this policy setting InPrivate Filtering is turned off in all browsing sessions and InPrivate Filtering data is not collected. If you disable this policy setting InPrivate Filtering is available for use. If you do not configure this policy setting it can be configured through the registry.

This policy setting allows you to establish the threshold for InPrivate Filtering Automatic mode. The threshold sets the number of first-party sites that a particular third-party item can be referenced from before it is blocked. Setting this value lower can help prevent more third-party sites from obtaining details about a user’s browsing. However doing so may cause compatibility issues on some websites. The allowed value range is 3 through 30. If you enable this policy setting the selected value is enforced. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the user can establish the InPrivate Filtering threshold by clicking the Safety button and then clicking InPrivate Filtering.

This policy setting allows you to turn off the collection of data used by the InPrivate Filtering Automatic mode. The data consists of the URLs of third-party content along with data about the first-party websites that referenced it. It is collected during non-InPrivate (normal) browsing sessions. If you enable this policy setting InPrivate Filtering data collection is turned off. If you disable this policy setting InPrivate Filtering collection is turned on. If you do not configure this policy setting InPrivate Filtering data collection can be turned on or off on the Privacy tab in Internet Options.

This policy setting allows you to prevent the quick pick menu from appearing when a user clicks in the Search box. If you enable this policy setting when a user clicks in the Search box the quick pick menu does not appear until the user starts typing. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting when a user clicks in the Search box the quick pick menu appears.

This policy setting prevents the user from deleting InPrivate Filtering data. Internet Explorer collects InPrivate Filtering data during browser sessions other than InPrivate Browsing sessions to determine which third-party items should be blocked when InPrivate Filtering is enabled. This feature is available in the Delete Browsing History dialog box. If you enable this policy setting InPrivate Filtering data is preserved when the user clicks Delete. If you disable this policy setting InPrivate Filtering data is deleted when the user clicks Delete. If you do not configure this policy setting the user can choose whether to delete or preserve InPrivate Filtering data when he or she clicks Delete.