1.   Anyway, people should know that cookies are used by DoubleClick to reveal which ads somebody has seen and whether the user responded to them.

2.   But after Internet advertiser DoubleClick Inc. began using cookies to secretly track surfers across the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission began investigating the company last year.

3.   Companies are already using cookies to create personal profiles of Internet users by aggregating every piece of information we surrender on Web sites.

4.   Cookies are used by Web sites for many things, but mostly to identify you when you return to a site.

5.   Cookies are used for marketing purposes, which means they might cause you to get more junk e-mail, but they also can make your life easier.

6.   For instance, a cookie can be used to keep track of items you put into an online shopping basket.

7.   He used Samoas cookies to make a crust for chocolate-pecan topping.

8.   If you often return to a site that uses a cookie to store your password, you have to type it every time you log in.

9.   Increasingly, the group became concerned about the ways that cookies might be used to violate consumer privacy.

10.   Many reputable sites use cookies to add features for the user.