What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files which are placed on your computer or mobile device when you first visit a website. Cookies are used to make the website work well or simply work more efficiently. They are also used for web analytics with the purpose of helping the users optimize their visit on the website. There are two types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies.

• Session cookies are created temporarily in your browser’s subfolder while you are visiting a website. These cookies expire and are automatically deleted when you close your internet browser.
• Persistent cookies remain in your browser’s subfolder and are activated again once you visit the website that created that particular cookie. A persistent cookie does not expire when you close your browser, it remains in the browser’s subfolder for the duration period set within the cookie’s file.