Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit it.
Viewer cookies are cookies placed by the website you are visiting. They can only be read by that website. In addition, the website may possibly use external services, which also place their own cookies, so-called third-party cookies.
Persistent cookies are cookies that are stored on your computer and are not automatically deleted once you close your browser, unlike session cookies, which are deleted once you close your browser.