eye symbol on computer screen ????

[gtfpv]

everynow and then an eye symbol with a red circle with a line through it appears on my screen . at the bottom of the screen slightly to the right of centre .
if i put my curser on it it says privacy report . if i click on it it does nothing .
i dont know why it appears or why it dissapears ? it appears on this site and many others at random .
what is it ?? anyone know .

[vztrt]

Its meant to be blocking cookies.

http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_ie6.htm

Privacy reports

Internet Explorer takes your privacy protection one step further. While you're browsing, you'll sometimes notice a small icon (an eye with a red minus symbol superimposed) in the status bar. This icon's appearance indicates a privacy report is available for the page: That means IE has blocked some cookies which the page tried to set. You can double-click the icon to see a privacy report and, from the Privacy Report dialog, you can click the Settings button to immediately adjust your cookie settings.

Microsoft has adopted a privacy standard called Platform for Privacy Preferences Project – P3P for short. Under P3P, every site can establish a privacy policy which can be read automatically by the browser. You can check a site's privacy policy by opening the View Menu and choosing Privacy Report. As this is an emerging standard, many sites don't yet have a conforming privacy policy, but this doesn't mean they don't have any privacy policy at all. If you'd like to see an actual privacy policy, visit www.microsoft.com or www.ibm.com, select Privacy Report from the View Menu, select a cookie from the list, and click Summary.

[gtfpv]

thanks .