Understanding Cookies and Website Security

What is a cookie in the context of websites?

• A type of food

• A small file that helps websites remember you

• A computer virus

• A video game

When you register on a website, what is usually collected?

• Your favorite color

• Your personal information like name and email

• Your phone number only

• Nothing is collected

What do essential cookies do?

• Help the website work correctly

• Change the website’s design

• Slow down the website

• Show funny pictures

Which type of cookie helps the website run faster?

• Functionality cookies

• Performance cookies

• Advertising cookies

• Essential cookies

Which cookie remembers your choices, such as language settings?

• Advertising cookies

• Essential cookies

• Functionality cookies

• Performance cookies

What is the role of advertising cookies?

• They slow down the website

• They help show you ads based on your browsing

• They changed the website’s layout

• They delete your personal data

How do cookies help when you shop online?

• They help you cook cookies

• They remember the items in your shopping cart

• They change product prices

• They block the website

Why do websites use cookies to show product recommendations?

• To show products you might like

• To change the website’s background

What is a secure site?

• A website that does not collect any data

• A website that has safety measures to protect your data

• A website that is very slow

• A website that only works sometimes

What does it mean when a website “encrypts” your data?

• It makes your data unreadable to protect it

• It deletes your data

• It shows your data publicly

• It sends your data to everyone