As a result, cookies should be used as a service: The website should remember a user and their preferred settings. This improves the user experience and enables seamless interaction between user and website. Personalization also simplifies the use of online offers such as stores or forums. But the collection of user data also represents a type of logbook about the user and their virtual activities.
To protect their privacy, users can object to the use of cookies (opt-out procedure). According to the US cookie policy, formal approval isn’t required as long as the use of cookies is clearly noted in the page’s privacy policy and doesn’t collect any personally identifiable information (PII). If, however, this information is recorded, then an “opt-in” procedure is required.
In most browsers, cookies are enabled by default. But more and more users are becoming sensitive to the subject of data protection and the internet, and so switch this function off or only allow cookies on request to maintain control over data collection. But how do you enable cookies in the different browsers?