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Cookies are small pieces of software placed on the hard drive of a computer when a surfer visits a Web site. Advertisers and others use them to capture the interests and behavior of consumers.

Most major Web sites and most smaller sites set cookies when surfers visit them.

Separately, third-party advertisers set their own cookies under agreements with the Web sites.

 

 

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