Cookie Spyware

spyware
computer software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge or consent
Spyware is a type of malware that can be installed on computers and collects little bits of information at a time about users without their knowledge. The presence of spyware is typically hidden from the user, and can be difficult to detect.
programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user
Software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive

cookie
A packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser, which is returned by the browser each time it subsequently accesses the same server, used to identify the user or track their access to the server
a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site
any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
A person of a specified kind
the cook on a ranch or at a camp
A small sweet cake, typically round, flat, and crisp