WHAT IS COOKIES AND FEATURES

These are also small files or links stored on your computer, smartphone, or tablet when you visit a website. Cookies help websites distinguish you from other website users, which allows the website to tailor its content and make it more useful for you. Most websites use cookies to make it easier for people to navigate between pages, find out what information is already stored in a user’s browser, and keep track.

Cookies can be ‘persistent’ or ‘session’ cookies. A persistent cookie remains on your device after you close your browser, while a session cookie disappears as soon as you close your browser window.

A cookie will typically contain a unique identification number that allows us to track you on websites we own so we can deliver targeted advertising based on your interests and preferences. For example, if you are looking at a sports car website and then visit an automotive insurance site later in the day, we may serve up an ad for sports car insurance based on your previous browsing history.

Cookies are useful for

Making websites work or work better. For example, they can remember if you have already filled in a form to don't have to enter the same information on each page during a single task.

They enable us to improve our sites by analyzing how they're used. This helps us determine if they're easy to use, where people go wrong and whether they find what they want quickly.

The purpose of using cookies

Remember information about choices you made previously on visits to a website; this enables us to provide a more personal service and improve our website quality by monitoring its performance and usage.

To help us understand how people use our websites so that we can improve their usability and design, including finding out which parts of our websites are most interesting, famous, or easy to use.

To show adverts relevant to you by using information about your browsing history on this and other sites (if this feature is turned on).

 Features

• Set your cookie preferences

• Block third-party cookies and cross-site tracking

• Get notifications when a website attempts to place a cookie.

• Control which cookies you accept, block, or delete

• Easily manage your cookie settings in one place.

• Cookie-cutter style interface.

• Quick and easy to use.

• Add unlimited cookies.

• Create unlimited sections, subsections, and menus in one go with the drag and drop feature.

• Add custom icons, titles, descriptions, and link names for each cookie.

• Set cookies to be displayed as "open" or "closed" in the menu bar.

• You can Sign in with Google, Facebook, Twitter, or email.

• Save and organize your favorite recipes.

• Search for new recipes by ingredients, cuisine, diet type, etc.

• Add your recipes to Cookpad.com and share them with friends and family.

• Real-time data collection

• No software to install on the monitored devices

• Remote support for IT teams and system administrators

• Easy installation and configuration

• Open-source software, which means it's free to use and available in multiple languages

Conclusions

Cookies have gone from remembering what you ate for breakfast to be a tracking mechanism used by advertisers and data brokers. They are also used by search engines, web analytics providers, and social networks. That information can be anything from the user’s name, location, preferences to IP address, what pages were visited, and which links were clicked.

Cookies can be deleted or disabled by adjusting your browser settings. However, if you choose to disable cookies, it may affect your experience on our website as some features may not function properly.

In some cases, we may provide you with more detailed information about our use of cookies on particular pages or in emails we send you when you register with us or sign up for a service offered by us.