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A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. The purpose of a cookie is to allow the website to remember your visit when you browse that page again. Although many people don’t know it, cookies have been in use for over 20 years, since the first web browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.
It is not a virus, nor a trojan, nor a worm, nor spam, nor spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.
Cookies usually do not store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or bank details, photographs, your ID, or personal information, etc. The data they save is technical in nature, personal preferences, content customization, etc.
The web server does not associate you as a person but rather your web browser. In fact, if you normally browse with Internet Explorer and try accessing the same website using Firefox or Chrome, you’ll notice that the website does not recognize you as the same person because it is actually associating the browser, not the person.
First-party cookies are those generated by the website you are visiting, while third-party cookies are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.
To help you understand the impact of disabling cookies, here are some examples:
Yes. Not only can they be deleted, but they can also be blocked, either generally or specifically for a particular domain.
To delete cookies from a website, go to your browser’s settings, where you can search for the cookies associated with the specific domain and proceed to delete them.
Here’s how to access a specific cookie in Chrome:
Note: These steps may vary depending on the browser version:
To access cookie settings in Internet Explorer:
These steps may vary depending on the browser version:
To access cookie settings in Firefox:
These steps may vary depending on the browser version:
To access cookie settings in Safari for macOS:
These steps may vary depending on the browser version:
To access cookie settings in Safari for iOS
These steps may vary depending on the browser version:
To access cookie settings in browsers for Android devices:
These steps may vary depending on the browser version:
To access cookie settings in Windows Phone browsers:
These steps may vary depending on the browser version:
Yes, cookies can be not only deleted but also blocked, either generally or for a specific domain.
To delete cookies from a website, go to your browser settings, search for the cookies associated with the specific domain, and proceed to delete them.
Yes, cookies can be not only deleted but also blocked, either generally or for a specific domain.
To delete cookies from a website, go to your browser settings, search for the cookies associated with the specific domain, and proceed to delete them.
Exptes: 2021.08.CHTI.000095 - 2021.10.CHIS.000081
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