This document was last modified on January 22, 2020.

Cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain web pages. Cookies allow a web page, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their equipment and, depending on the information they contain and the way they use their equipment, they can be used to recognize them. The user’s browser memorizes cookies on the hard drive only during the current session, occupying a minimum memory space and without damaging the computer.

Cookies do not contain any specific personal information, and most of them are deleted from the hard drive at the end of the browser session (the so-called session cookies). Most browsers accept cookies as standard and, regardless of them, allow or avoid temporary cookies or stored in the security settings.