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There are many different types of internet cookie. Some are perfectly harmless and need to cause any concern as they work quitely in the background. Yet others can be very pervasive and canot simply be deleted or cleared from your maching be clearing your browser history.
The following pages will define each of the types of cookie, explain what they are used for and which ones may be dangerous to your privacy!
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Session Cookie
Sometimes known as a transient cookie, stored in temporary memory and remains available for the duration of your active “session” within the browser.
read more...Persistent Cookie
Also known as a stored cookie, it stores a file on your hard drive. The cookie would remain on the hard drive until it reaches its expiration date.
read more...Secure & HttpOnly Cookie
A secure cookie is just like a regular cookie, except it contains a special ‘HttpOnly’ flag that instructs the browser to restrict access to cookie data.
read more...Third-Party Cookie
Visit a web site, but have a cookie created by a completely different domain. This allows the third-party domain to track you i.e. Tracking Cookies
read more...Super Cookie
Dangerous: Uses various techniques to resists deletion even when you clear your entire history they can remain hidden and reappear like a virus!
read more...Zombie Cookie
Dangerous: This is a cookie that can come back to life, hence the name Zombie. After it has been deleted it recreates itself.
read more...EverCookie
This is an example of a VERY persistent cookie. A cross between Super and Zombie types of cookie.
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