A cookie is a small file that a website stores on your device so it can remember choices or measure how the site is used. Some cookies are essential for the site to display and function, while others are used for analysis with your consent. This policy covers both types.
In practice, that means the site can remember a preference you set on an earlier visit instead of asking again, and it can count — in aggregate — which pages are read. A cookie is data, not a program: cookies do not contain viruses and cannot run code on your device.
Similar technologies, such as local storage used by the browser, follow the same principle. Where this policy says “cookie”, it covers those small stored items as well, because they serve the same purpose of remembering or measuring.