Cookies

What are cookies—are they dangerous?

A "cookie" is a small piece of data sent by a web server to store on a web browser so the same server can later read it back from that browser. This is useful for having the browser remember some specific information such as answers to competency questions.

Rumors about what cookies can do have reached almost hysterical proportions, frightening users and worrying their managers. In reality, the vulnerability of systems to damage or snooping by using web browser cookies is essentially nonexistent. Cookies are just text files; they can't contain a virus. Cookies only contain information you've voluntarily provided a Web site by entering data in forms, visiting pages, etc. Web sites can only read cookies they themselves created.

A cookie may be stored on your computer, but it is not an executable program and cannot do anything to your machine. It cannot destroy data or scan your hard drive for information. Also, cookies can only be sent back to the domain that originally sent them to the browser. In our case, www.paraeducator.com

Why does Paraeducator.com set cookies?

We must set a cookie in order to recognize you as a member of the site and to track your progress through the training materials. In general, cookies are valuable for accomplishing a number of Web-related functions. For example, some Web sites use cookies to store merchandise in electronic shopping carts. (If you enter an online shop and reject a cookie, you cannot shop properly.)