Cookies are text files, with small bits of data, stored on a user’s hard drive to identify that user after they visit a website. The cookie contains several data components:

• The name of the server that placed it
• A non-nominative identifier, in the form of a unique ID number
• An expiration date.

We can distinguish two types of cookies: First-party cookie and Third-party cookie.

Read our article to get more information:
How a cookie audit can get you up to date in today’s digital privacy landscape