What are cookies?
Cookies are text information that is sent by the server and saved on the user's side, most often on the hard drive of the user's device. Thanks to the default cookie settings, the information contained in the cookie can only be read by the server that created the cookie. Cookies are most often used in online stores, surveys, website statistics, login modules, etc.
Application
Cookies can store various information about the user visiting a given website, the history of their connection with a specific page (server). Cookies are usually used to allow a given server to generate a page intended for a specific user. The use of cookies allows, among other things, the creation of personalized websites, the ability to log in, and shopping in online stores. Cookies are also often used to collect activity statistics on the website.
For what purpose can we use cookies?
- we use cookies to read and analyze statistics, including Google Ads (formerly Google Adwords), Google Analytics, as well as services such as Google Maps, FaceBook tools, or videos posted on YouTube.
- cookies can be used to ensure security, and can also be used to detect abuse within the service.
- thanks to cookies, the content of the service's web pages can be customized to the user's preferences. This also allows us to optimize the use of websites.
- after logging in, cookies can also maintain the service user's session, so that it is not necessary to enter a login and password on each page.
- using cookies, we can display the same survey to the same user multiple times.
- some of the cookies used on our website are related to the so-called session. These files are used for technical issues, such as navigation or logging in. This means that some cookies are only maintained while browsing the page when the web browser is running. When the browser is closed, the cookies are deleted.