Stop tracking me: Why you should delete cookies regularly

Cookies make the experience of surfing the Internet much smoother, but they come with some disadvantages. — dpa

Cookies are an everyday part of surfing the Internet and are used by a vast range of Internet sites. They make the experience of surfing much smoother, but they come with some disadvantages, and experts recommend computer users regularly delete them.

Cookies promise to make it easier go online by conveniently saving your preferences on websites. But they are more often used to analyse your surfing behaviour, enabling companies to create profiles that help them target you for marketing purposes.