Private or incognito browsing can protect you from other members of your household seeing what you have bought for Christmas (which someone here helpfully reminded ITSS is only 7 short weeks away). Private browsing is usually used to help you control the amount of cookies you pick up when on the internet. Cookies are little pieces of data that are collected and intended to make browsing easier by taking you to retail sites you visit often. These can accumulate over time and slow down your browser. Private/incognito browsing gives you control over what cookies websites can retain about you.

Shortcuts to opening a private browser:

Chrome or Edge: Ctrl+Shift+N

Firefox or Explorer: Ctrl+Shift+P