When you visit almost any website, you’ll see a pop-up asking you to accept, decline, or customize the cookies it collects. Sometimes, it just tells you that cookies are in use by default.
Kaspersky researchers randomly checked 647 websites, and 563 of them displayed cookie notifications. Most of the time, users don’t even pause to think about what’s really behind the banner asking them to accept or decline cookies. We owe cookie warnings to the adoption of new laws and regulations, such as GDPR, that govern the collection of user information and protection of personal data. By adjusting your cookie settings, you can minimize the amount of information collected about your online activity. For example, you can decline to collect and store third-party cookies.
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