While our visitors have not made cookies an issue, there is a lot of hype about cookies in the press. Scotch Corner Limited would like to de-mystify the issue with some simple explanations.
Cookies are small bits of information that are exchanged between Web browser and Web server.
Because the information is saved by your browser, it cnn maintain information between visits to a Web site. Many news services use this to offer custom pages-you enter your interests into a form, the information is saved into a cookie, and the next time you go to the page, it has your favorite stock listed at the top, articles relating to your interests, etc. Note that the only personal information that can be put into a cookie is information you give out. For instance, a Web site cannot greet you by name unless you give it your name. And on top of this, both Navigator and Explorer have preference menus for disabling cookies.