You gave your permission to have that stuff loaded onto your computer. Stop doing it if you don't like it.
If you mean my security settings, you are right, in a round-about way. But there are certain websites that I can't view conveniently without having cookies and the need to reload the info over and over. Can you see the difference between cookies and spyware? I can. The arrogance of certain keyboard warriors sometimes amazes me. I assume you allow NO cookies onto your machine. Feel free to enlighten me.