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By default, Windows Media Player does not allow Web pages to access information in your digital media files and Media Library. However, any software that you install on your computer, such as programs or plug-ins, has full access to Media Library.
Web pages may request permission to access Media Library. Web pages may access the information in your digital media files and Media Library in order to offer you similar content, advertise sales, or recommend music or video services, such as subscriptions.
It is important to understand what you are doing before you allow a Web page to access your digital media files and Media Library.
Before the Player shares information from your files and Media Library, a message is displayed notifying you that the Web page is seeking read or full access to your files and Media Library. If you grant the Web page read access, it has the ability to scan the contents of your files and Media Library. Full access allows the item to scan and change media information in your files and Media Library. This can include adding, removing, and changing media information, such as a track name, in Media Library and your digital media files.
If you grant a Web page read or full access to Media Library when prompted, you only grant access for that single instance. In other words, when you open the Web page again, you will be prompted to grant access again.
The Player may also prompt you when skins and programs attempt to access Media Library, but usually it is because the skin or program is changing to a lower access level. For example, the Player may prompt you when a skin switches from full to read access.