Q. I constantly run into a notification prompting me to enable cookies on my browser. What does this mean?
A. Cookies are files created by sites that you visit online. They contain essential information such as your language preferences that the website then uses to improve the quality of service it delivers to you and other visitors.
Since tracking cookies can be accessed by third parties, they can be said to be potential privacy risk. Such cookies may steal your passwords and other sensitive information. You must, therefore, be on the lookout for suspicious cookie activities.
Most browsers support cookies. The user can nonetheless choose to enable or disable them either completely or selectively for certain web pages. You can also wipe out all private data including cookies from your browser. To do this, go to your browser settings and enable or disable cookies on privacy settings.
