Without even looking at the Telegraph page I can probably explain.
I suspect that the Telegraph page has social media buttons (like, pin, +1, etc) on it. Behind the scenes, they probably also have Google Analytics code that's measuring the hits and usage of the page (not tracking you, by the way). As soon as you load the page on your computer, the cookies will be there again.
Unfortunately for you, cookies are a way of life. Most websites won't work without them. The various bodies who have come up with all these recent cookies popups (the 'cookie law') have no idea about how websites actually work and how much things rely on cookies these days. It would actually be more sensible for there to be a cookie popup if a website is NOT using cookies. I would suspect that 95% of the sites you visit will have cookies running - either on the site itself or because of the social media buttons or analytics code. As an example, I read that around 30% of all websites are now WordPress - and that product really won't work without cookies. Same goes for any online shopping sites.
You can probably block or delete them all, but you're making life very difficult for yourself. They are something you really have to live with, or stop using the Net.
Take a look at the 3 videos here if you need more info (and a good laugh) - http://www.youtube.com/user/silktide/videos?view=0
Regards, Graham
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 5 April 2013 09:14 I am puzzled and maybe someone can enlighten me.I have just deleted all the cookies in Safari by going through Preferences (as opposed to just doing a reset) and reloaded one page (which happens to be the Daily Telegraph website). I then checked the cookies in Preferences again. 25 cookies including Twitter, Linkedin, stumbleupon, Pinterest, about 7 from Google plus presumably a load of other analytic ones. Why all the others not associated with the Telegraph? Have the others managed to somehow learnt to squat on my MBA?Running 10.8.3 and latest Safari, Be grateful for any explanation with dealing with cookies. Cheers, Nick
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