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Cookies

Cookies are simply small files of computer code that are stored in the user's web browser to tell it what to do the next time it loads a page from that website. Like the cookies from a bakery, some cookies are better than others. Cookies that a website uses to track user activities or gather personal information "from a visitor" may invade your visitor's privacy. They should be avoided. Cookies that let your visitor customize or personalize your webpages when they visit, or let them know that the content information may have changed since their last visit, can be helpful to your visitors. That type of cookie, is the only cookie we will use and recommend.

Term Definition: Source: Wharton U of P — ( Cookies )

A small software program stored in the user's browser designed to identify a user or set of user preferences for a web site operator or advertiser. Commonly used to measure the number and frequency of banner ads delivered to a browser. (RM)

Good cookie use. "Persistent Client-State HTTP Cookies" can assist your visitors to easily gather the information they want, without giving up personal information to anyone.