The Ultimate Cookie Handbook For Privacy Professionals
When a user visits a website, the website requests the user’s browser to store a cookie on the computer or mobile device. A cookie is a small piece of data (text file), generated by a website, that remembers information about users and website usage, such as language preference or login information.
All cookies are browser specific. For example, if you use Internet Explorer, visit a website and select “French” as your preferred language, a cookie may be placed on your computer so that when you visit this website in the future, it will know to display it in French. However, if the next time you visit that same website, you use Chrome instead of Internet Explorer, the site will not know that you prefer seeing it in French.