Methods, systems, and computer program products for enhancing internet security for network subscribers

A method of providing network communication services, comprising:

• assigning a network address within a data communication network to a subscriber terminal;
• intercepting a tracking cookie received from a first remote server in the data communications network and intended for the subscriber terminal;
• storing the tracking cookie so that the tracking cookie can be used to support a communication session between the subscriber terminal and the first remote server without the tracking cookie being stored at the subscriber terminal;
• and
• inspecting an outgoing communication of the subscriber terminal to determine from the outgoing communication of the subscriber terminal an identity of a second remote server to which the outgoing communication is addressed and, in response to determining the identity of the second remote server, querying the subscriber terminal to determine if tracking cookies from the second remote server that have not yet been received should be intercepted.

A computer program product for providing network communication services, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer readable program code when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform a method comprising:
• assigning a network address within a data communication network to the subscriber terminal;
• intercepting a tracking cookie received from a first remote server in the data communications network and intended for the subscriber terminal;
• storing the tracking cookie so that the tracking cookie can be used to support a communication session between the subscriber terminal and the first remote server without the tracking cookie being stored at the subscriber terminal;
• providing a notice to the subscriber terminal of the receipt and storage of the tracking cookie;
• and
• inspecting an outgoing communication of the subscriber terminal to determine from the outgoing communication of the subscriber terminal an identity of a second remote server to which the outgoing communication is addressed and, in response to determining the identity of the second remote server, to query the subscriber terminal to determine if tracking cookies from the second remote server that have not yet been received should be intercepted.