What Are Cookies & What Do They Do?

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) consisting of letters and numbers that a website downloads to your computer or device to recognise you as a user when you return to the website using the same computer/device and web browser.

Cookies can help a website to arrange content to match users’ preferred interests more effectively or avoid the need for users to re-enter data when they revisit a website. This can help speed up your login time or customise the layout of pages according to your needs and preferences. Cookies are used by millions of the most popular websites on the internet and do not harm your computer.