What Are Cookies?
Cookies are text files sent from a web page to a user's computer that allow the computer to remember specific details like browsing history, passwords, and data. By enabling internet web pages to interact with a user's personal computer, cookies create a smoother browsing experience where users can easily access their passwords, browsing history, and stored personal data such as address, phone number, and payment information.
Functionality of Cookies
Cookies facilitate users in saving their language preference, retaining items in an e-commerce shopping cart, confirming their identity, accessing personalized ads, and more. There are various types of cookies, including a 'magic' cookie that aids communication between websites, an HTTP cookie designed for the web, a first-party cookie storing data based on the user's browsing history, and a third-party cookie tracking user behavior.
Usefulness and Controversies of Cookies
Despite their benefits, cookies, especially third-party ones, can raise privacy concerns as they are often embedded in ads and videos to collect personal data. Due to this, several national and international data privacy laws have been enacted to ensure greater transparency and user protection in the online space.
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