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Mention any two ways by which websites can track you.
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Two ways by which websites can track us are as follows:
- IP Address — Data transfer on a network happens through unique numerical addresses called IP addresses, similar to home or office addresses. When we visit a website, our device shares its IP address, allowing the website to roughly estimate our geographical location.
- Cookies — Cookies are small data files, which are sent by the website we visit and are generated by our browser. These are then stored on our device. Cookies are used to track our record of visit to a particular website/webpage. There are three types of Cookies —
- First Party Cookies — These kinds of cookies are generally used to store login id, password, autofill information etc. for the frequently visited websites.
- Third Party Cookies — These are the cookies that websites store to get details of one's search history and web browsing history. These are most often used by advertising companies to track users across multiple websites that they visit.
- Session Cookies — These are temporary cookies that are deleted after we close our browser.
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