What are cookies & how do they work?

What Are Cookies? Cookies, which are also called HTTP cookies, internet cookies, or browser cookies, are files stored on your computer designed to hold a small, specific amount of data about a particular website or client. The primary purpose of a cookie is to identify the user so his or her web experience can be customized.

What is a secure cookie?

A secure cookie may be a session cookie or a persistent cookie, but it can only be transmitted via a secure, encrypted connection (HTTPS), not via an unencrypted HTTP connection. An HTTP-only cookie is actually a regular cookie with an HTTP-only tag that prevents it from being accessed by client-side scripts such as Javascript.

What is an example of a cookie?

A simple example of cookies is when you open up a website and your username and password are auto-filled. Cookies provided your login information to the website. Another example is when you go online shopping on Amazon and find items that are still in your cart from your last purchasing spree. What are cookies used for on websites?

What are essential cookies?

You're probably familiar with the banner or pop-up asking you for your cookie preferences for a website. Essential cookies are frequently an option to run only cookies necessary to run the website or for services you have requested (such as remembering your login credentials). This means you remove third-party cookies from your website experience.