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| Tracking Activities Within A Site | |||
 When
you visit some Web sites, the Web server sends a small piece of information,
called a "cookie," to your web browser.
The next time you visit the site, the Web server reads the cookie file it has placed on your browser so it can "remember" who you are. The information stored in a cookie file can be used for a number of things
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to store the password and user id you submitted for the site | ||
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to remember the options you have selected at the site e.g., which pages you want to look at first at that site | ||
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to track your movements at the site | ||
