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Cookies

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Cookies are small text files which contain basic information about the websites you visit. Cookies help web servers determine preferences by looking at the types of site you visit, or what you put in your shopping cart.

There’s been a lot of negative press about cookies in recent years as there are issues with privacy. Take a look at this login from Amazon, enabling automatic login will mean the company leaves a tracking cookie on your browser so you don;t have to log in.

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