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A cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, web cookie, Internet cookie, or browser cookie, is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in a user's web browser while the user is browsing that website. Every time the user loads the website, the browser sends the cookie back to the server to notify the website of the user's previous activity.
Cookies help sites reliably store "stateful information" (like items in a shopping cart) or to record activity that could improve a user's experience, such as keeping them logged in between sessions.
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What does Academia.edu use cookies for?
Like the Wikipedia article quoted above, we use cookies throughout the site to help you have a faster and more seamless experience. For example, we have a cookie so that you can stay logged in for a short time between sessions.
Yes.
What are cookies?
For those who might not know, here's a quick summary of what cookies do (courtesy of Wikipedia):
A cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, web cookie, Internet cookie, or browser cookie, is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in a user's web browser while the user is browsing that website. Every time the user loads the website, the browser sends the cookie back to the server to notify the website of the user's previous activity.
Cookies help sites reliably store "stateful information" (like items in a shopping cart) or to record activity that could improve a user's experience, such as keeping them logged in between sessions.
You can read more about them here.
What does Academia.edu use cookies for?
Like the Wikipedia article quoted above, we use cookies throughout the site to help you have a faster and more seamless experience. For example, we have a cookie so that you can stay logged in for a short time between sessions.