Persistent Cookies: A persistent cookie outlast user sessions. If a persistent cookie has its maximum age 1 year, then within a year, the initial value set in the cookie would be sent back to the server every time the user visits the server. This could be used to record a vital piece of information such as how the user initially came to the website. For this reason, persistent cookies are also called tracking cookies. These are kind of cookies are used on websites that need to know who we are but offer us the ability to “remember me” when you enter username and password.
Example: Gmail.

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