A cookie is just one or more pieces of information stored as text strings on your machine. A Web server sends you a cookie and the browser stores it. The browser then returns the cookie to the server the next time the page is referenced.
You may be wondering:
Is there any more to cookies than that? No. They are simply text strings. On my machine there is a directory called c:\windows\cookies that contains all of the cookies. They are little text files — you can open them up and see the strings that are being saved.
Are cookies harmful? No. They are just short text strings, and they can often make browsing better by allowing a server to recall any customized information you have set.
Are cookies common? Yes. There are over 500 separate cookies on my hard disk.
Can cookies transmit computer viruses? No. They are just text strings.
Can a company read my personal information from my hard disk with a cookie? No. Only the cookie that is sent in the first place is returned to the server. It is not modified or manipulated in any way.
What cookies are we using?
Essential cookies : Some cookies are essential for a website to operate, WordPress cookies for example are necessary to provide a working website to you
Analytics cookies: We use analytics cookies to see where traffic is coming/going and what is being seen on our website, it is purely for statistics and no personnal data is being kept.
