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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>About Cookiepedia | Cookiepedia</title>  <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="True"> <meta name="MobileOptimized" content="320">  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"> <link href="/Content/css?v=B0KSx0bzjrqo1IWQZcPWVqp4BIw7EiweydpOZW5MSaw1" rel="stylesheet"/>   <script src="/Scripts/jquery-3.5.1.js"></script> <script src="/Scripts/umd/popper.min.js"></script> <script src="/Scripts/bootstrap.min.js"></script>  <script src="https://cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js" type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" data-domain-script="6e02977d-f56d-42f9-b8ec-570c9432f293"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> function OptanonWrapper(){} </script>  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/Content/bootstrap.min.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/Content/bootstrap.css" /> <meta name="keywords"> <meta name="description" content="Cookiepedia is the largest database of cookies and online 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class="row header-stripe"> <div class="inner-header-stripe"> <div class="search-box"> <div class="search-spacing"> </div> <form action="" method="GET" id="search-form"> <select name="search_option" id="search-type" class="round"> <option title="Enter Domain" selected>website</option> <option title="Enter Cookie Name">cookie</option> <option title="Enter Host Name">3rd party host</option> </select> <input class="search-box-input" name="search-box-input" type="text" id="search-query" placeholder="Enter Domain"> <input type="submit" value="Search" class="btn"> </form> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div id="content"> <h1>About Cookiepedia</h1> <div id="content-left"> <p>Cookiepedia is the largest database of pre-categories cookies and online tracking technologies.</p> <p> The Cookiepedia site was setup to fill a gap in information about what cookies do, who is using them for what purposes, how to manage cookies and is maintained by <a href="https://www.onetrust.com/">OneTrust</a>, a privacy management software company. </p> <h2>Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cookies, and More</h2> <p>The EU Cookie Directive, which first came into force in 2011, requires website owners to provide visitors with information about their use of cookies, and obtain consent for such use. However, anyone trying to search for this kind of information on the web quickly becomes frustrated by the lack of comprehensive and authoritative sources.</p> <p>Therefore, this site has been setup to provide a comprehensive database for both website owners as well as members of the general public. </p> <p>Much of the data on this site comes from a database, maintained by <a href="https://www.onetrust.com/">OneTrust</a>. We will gratefully include data or information about cookies from any reliable source. 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