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Without cookies, a website is like a goldfish who forgets everything the moment you visit a new page. As soon as you visit a new page, it does not remember who you are.

This could be a good or a bad thing. Without a memory, a website cannot do much. It cannot let you log in, because it forgets who you are. It cannot let you buy anything, because it forgets what you want to buy.

But it also means it cannot track you. Some websites use cookies to remember what you do on their websites and to shape ads for you. And some of those websites share their cookies, so that advertisements on one website know what you liked at another. This has scared a lot of people.

More than 90% of websites make use of cookies. Cookies are not automatically good or bad, but it is worthwhile to understand what actions you can take.

You can completely turn them off, which is a little bit like banning all music to avoid a certain album. Many websites will simply no longer work.

A better option would be to turn off third-party cookies, which would mean most websites can no longer share information about you. Some browsers - like Safari - do this automatically.

And finally, you could inform yourself about the websites that interest you. Most websites have a policy explaining what they do.