There are also cookies that remember more detailed information about you. Perhaps your interests, your web browsing patterns, etc. This means that a site can provide you more targeted content – often in the form of ads. There are types of cookies, called <em>third-party</em> cookies, that come from sites you’re not even visiting at the time and can track you from site to site to gather information about you, which is sometimes sold to other companies. Sometimes you can block these kinds of cookies, though not all browsers allow you to.

Der binne ek cookies dy’t mear detaillearre ynformaasje oer jo ûnthâlde. Miskien jo ynteressen, jo surfpatroanen op it ynternet, ensfh. Dit betsjut dat in website jo mear rjochte ynhâld biede kin – faaks yn de foarm fan advertinsjes. Der binne soarten cookies, <em>cookies fan tredden</em> neamd, dy’t ôfkomstich binne fan websites dy’t jo op dat stuit net iens besykje en dy’t jo fan website nei website folgje kinne om ynformaasje oer jo te sammeljen, dy’t somtiden ferkocht wurdt oan oare bedriuwen. Somtiden kinne jo dit soarte fan cookies blokkearje, hoewol net alle browsers dit tastean.