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What are cookies?

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It's a small piece of information that helps the website recognize you when you come back. This makes things easier, like keeping you logged in or remembering what's in your shopping cart. However, some cookies can also track your browsing to show you personalized ads.

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What are 1st party cookies?

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First-party cookies are cookies that are set by the website you are visiting directly.

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What are 3rd party cookies?

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3rd Party Cookies are cookies created by a domain other than the one you are currently visiting. If you are on shoes.com but you see a cookie from facebook.com or ad-tracker.net in your browser, that is a 3rd party cookie.