CookiesBlock

Just as its name suggests, CookiesBlock is a useful piece of software designed to help you turn off anything from cookie disclaimers, cookie and tracking notifications, newsletters, all the way up to translation notifications and privacy policies.

It can be used by anyone with a Chrome browser installed on his or her computer as it comes in the form of an unobtrusive and lightweight extension. CookiesBlock can be installed from the Chrome Web Store and, just like most extensions, sits on Chrome’s toolbar without ever getting in your way while working.

To do its work, the extension requires permissions for reading your browsing history, as well as for changing the settings that control websites’ access to features such as cookies, JavaScript, plugins, geolocation, microphone, and camera. In short, once installed, the extension automatically changes the privacy-related settings of your browser.

Even though it has a typical icon in Chrome’s toolbar, users are offered no way of interacting with the extension as it works without any type of intervention. Even though it does not have a typical “Options” section, users can change the extension’s behaviour from the Extensions section of Chrome.

For instance, users can allow this extension to read and change all their data on specific visited websites either on click, or only on specific sites (which have to be manually added), or on all websites.

CookiesBlock is a lightweight and very efficient, little Chrome extension that will make users’ browsing experience a lot better by automatically blocking all sorts of annoying notifications. Sadly, it offers little in terms of customization, and, according to its developers “During Open Beta, it's free. After this period it will be paid."