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− | '''Cookies''' are used by | + | '''Cookies''' are used by David Spencer's Media Spin to differentiate between Member users and to operate under your user preferences. Cookies allow our web server to know that you the user is already authenticated, and therefore is allowed to perform operations that are restricted to our logged-in users. |
Cookies were also invented for realising a virtual shopping basket: this is a virtual device in which the user can "place" items to purchase, so that users can navigate a site where items are shown, adding or removing items from the shopping basket at any time. Cookies allow for the content of the shopping cart to depend on the user's actions. | Cookies were also invented for realising a virtual shopping basket: this is a virtual device in which the user can "place" items to purchase, so that users can navigate a site where items are shown, adding or removing items from the shopping basket at any time. Cookies allow for the content of the shopping cart to depend on the user's actions. | ||
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Cookies were also invented for realising a virtual shopping basket: this is a virtual device in which the user can "place" items to purchase, so that users can navigate a site where items are shown, adding or removing items from the shopping basket at any time. Cookies allow for the content of the shopping cart to depend on the user's actions. |