Whenever you visit a website, a pop-up banner comes. It is written that you want to accept cookies or reject. Many people do not pay much attention to it and sometimes they reject the acceptance. But very few people know that accepting or rejecting them makes a lot of difference. This choice is the only decide of how a website will work for you and how will your personal information be stored. If they can save you from the mess of login again and again, you can also show you advertisements again and again.
What are cookies and how do you work?
Cookies are small files that the website store on your device. Their main task is to store the information so that the user’s experience is better and the website keeps functioning properly for it. They are of four types including essential, functional, analytics and advertising. Their job is-
Essential Cookies – The website is properly for function. They cannot be rejected.
Functional Cookies – Their job is to store information like language and region preference.
Analytics Cookies – Store data related to interaction from the user’s site.
Advertising Cookies – It monitors browsing and shows the user targeted advertising.
What happens by accepting or rejecting?
If you all accept the pop-up, then every type of cookies get full access. This means that advertisers and third parties can also monitor your browsing. On this basis, you are shown targeted advertisements. On the other hand, if you reject all, then it will keep privacy, but your experience on the website can be limited and you may have to face problems like login every time.
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