Cookies are small text strings that websites visited by users can send to their devices (usually to their browsers), where they are stored to be sent back to the same websites upon subsequent visits.
The information processed through cookies may include personal data (e.g., IP address, username, information about an identifiable user’s browsing habits).
Cookies can be installed by the website operator (“first-party cookies”) or by third parties through the website being visited (“third-party cookies”).
Different categories of cookies can be identified according to their function.