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What is a cookie?

Wikipedia defines a cookie as:

“An HTTP cookie (also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember stateful information (such as items added in the shopping cart in an online store) or to record the user's browsing activity (including clicking particular buttons, logging in, or recording which pages were visited in the past). They can also be used to remember pieces of information that the user previously entered into form fields, such as names, addresses, passwords, and credit-card numbers. ”

While cookies cannot carry viruses, and cannot install malware on the host computer, tracking cookies and especially third-party tracking cookies have commonly been used in the past as way to compile long-term records of individuals' browsing histories - a major privacy concern that prompted law makers around the world to take action.

Importance of cookies in authentication

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Managing Cookies

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Our use of Cookies

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