In Dennis O'Reilly's blog post of December 17, he states 5 ways to protect your privacy online:
#1: Paranoia pays. Don't trust anything or anyone.
#2: Don't use Internet Explorer.
#3: Use a temporary credit card number.
#4: Use an anonymous proxy server like Anonymouse.
#5: Don't use Google.
I wasn't aware there was any way I could surf the web anonymously, leaving no cookies behind. It's a great tip. As we do more and more online, and more and more sophisticated phishing and marketing ploys hit the Web, it's important that we learn some privacy protection.