In most cases cookies are harmless, and you will only diminish your browsing experience by disabling them using the instructions below. These files cannot harm your computer, but they can potentially be used to track some of your browser activity, and in the hands of hackers, can give away some personal data. Typically they're used by websites to do things like maintain your preferences, identify your session, store items in shopping carts and for storing authentication status. If you've visited a website sporting Cookie Control, it's because the webmaster cares enough about your privacy to tell you how cookies are used on their site, and how to manage cookies in future.Ĭookies are small files stored on your computer. Cookie Control has been developed to help webmasters comply with EU legislation on privacy.