Site setting undesired cookies?

[Redbrit]

I am writing with a concern. I have not been on the board since January 14th, 2010. My browser history doesn't go back that far, and is self-purging in any case. I do not have ducati.ms bookmarked, as I navigate here by memory. I do not remain logged in, as I log out each visit.

Why then do I find that the ducati.ms website continues to set two cookies in my browser? I delete these whenever I discover them, which is several times a day. I emailed support about this but did not hear back.

I would prefer not to cancel my membership/registration for the site, but I consider the setting of these cookies to be an invasion of sorts. I don't mind allowing them when I visit, but when I've been "gone" for a month, I don't want you coming to visit me uninvited.

I would be interested in others' experiences with this and with admin's explanation.

[admin]

What cookies are being set in your browser? Let me know and I can investigate with our tech team.

Originally Posted by Redbrit

I am writing with a concern. I have not been on the board since January 14th, 2010. My browser history doesn't go back that far, and is self-purging in any case. I do not have ducati.ms bookmarked, as I navigate here by memory. I do not remain logged in, as I log out each visit.

Why then do I find that the ducati.ms website continues to set two cookies in my browser? I delete these whenever I discover them, which is several times a day. I emailed support about this but did not hear back.

I would prefer not to cancel my membership/registration for the site, but I consider the setting of these cookies to be an invasion of sorts. I don't mind allowing them when I visit, but when I've been "gone" for a month, I don't want you coming to visit me uninvited.

I would be interested in others' experiences with this and with admin's explanation.

[Redbrit]

Originally Posted by admin

What cookies are being set in your browser? Let me know and I can investigate with our tech team.

Okay, I had to check twice.

I had cleared the cookies before I shut down last night. As soon as I checked after starting back up tonight, the two "uninvited" cookies were there.

I navigated to the site, and discovered that as soon as I did that, the site added nine more cookies. So, I left the site, cleared all eleven, waited a few minutes and the two cookies in question were back. Here is the info:


Site: ducati.ms
Name: bblastactivity
Path: /
Sec ?
Expires: Feb 19 2012
Contents: 0

Site: ducati.ms
Name: bblastvisit
Path: /
Sec ?
Expires: Feb 19 2012
Contents: 1298092432

In case it's important, I'm on an iBook G4, running Mac OSX 10.4.11, browsing with Safari 4.1.3.

Thanks for your help.

[Redbrit]

Any word? Still getting the two cookies, multiple times each browser session. I checked to see if it was somehow related to my screen saver, and it appears not. As I mentioned, I would certainly be happier if these cookies were not being set when I'm not visiting ducati.ms. Thanks!

[Redbrit]

Okay, I had not been on the site since 2/24/11. The cookies finally stopped showing up. Don't know if the site stopped, or if it was just because I'd been gone.