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Table 2 Microsoft IE InPrivate browsing features

From: Do private and portable web browsers leave incriminating evidence?: a forensic analysis of residual artifacts from private and portable web browsing sessions

Data

How InPrivate browsing affects data

Cookies

Contained in working memory but cleared after session

Temporary internet files

Stored on disk but deleted after session

Webpage history

Not stored

Form data and passwords

Not stored

Anti-phishing cache

Temporary information is encrypted and stored

Address bar and auto-complete

Not stored

Automatic cache restore

Restore is successful only if tab crashes and not entire session

Document object model storage

Discarded after session