In most cases, cookies are used to enhance your browsing experience and are vital for certain functions and features of websites.

If you ever wondered about how websites can store your log-in data, that’s with the help of cookies. In general, cookies are placed in your web browser by the site owners in order to identify you and store the necessary information to customise the webpage, according to your behaviour and preferences, the next time you stop by.

While I am not sorry for causing any involuntary saliva production, this is an important topic worth discussing. How does it know what you want and where to find you? Well, the answer is simple, really: cookies.

And suddenly, that nasty feeling of being followed slowly starts creeping up your spine. That one ad about those shoes you were looking for a week ago just popped up for the third time on sites completely unrelated to the online shop where you found them initially. But somehow, something doesn’t feel quite right. Imagine you are sitting on your terrace to enjoy the evening ahead, a cold drink in hand while browsing your favourite websites.

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