Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. 

Cookies have many different features, such as allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your user experience. They can also help ensure that the advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. 

Cookies set by the website (in this case, Data Privacy Office) are called “first party cookies“. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third party cookies“. Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognise your computer or mobile device both when it visits the websites in question and also when it visits certain other websites.