What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device. They let a site remember something between pages or between visits, such as a preference you set or a session identifier that keeps a form from resetting while you type. Similar technologies, including local storage and pixel tags, work in comparable ways, and this policy covers them as well.
A cookie on its own does not identify you by name. It usually holds a short value that your browser sends back to the site on each request. That is how a catalog like Top 10 Chicken Recipes can remember that you already expanded a recipe panel or that you were part way through the contact form before a page refreshed.
How a cookie behaves on a normal visit
- First You open a page such as the recipe catalog or a wings guide and the site sets only what it needs to render that page.
- Then Your browser stores the small value locally and sends it back on your next request to the same site.
- Later The value expires on its own schedule, or sooner if you clear it from your browser settings.