What is a cookie?

A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. The usefulness of the cookie is that the web is able to remember your visit when you return to browse that page. Although many people do not know the cookies have been used for 20 years, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.

What IS NOT a cookie?

It is not a virus, nor a trojan, nor a worm, nor spam, nor spyware, nor opens pop-up windows.

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit cards or bank details, photographs, your ID or personal information, etc. The data they store are of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalization of content, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person but your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same web with Firefox or Chrome you will see that the web does not realize that you are the same person because you are actually associating the browser, not the person.

What type of cookies exist?

      Technical cookies: These are the most basic and allow, among other things, to know when a human or an automated application is browsing, when an anonymous user and a registered user are browsing, basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic website.

      • Cookies analysis: They collect information about the type of navigation you are doing, the sections you use most, products consulted, time zone of use, language, etc.
      • Cookies advertising: They show advertising based on your navigation, your country of origin, language, etc.

What are own and third-party cookies?

The own cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and the of third parties are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.

What happens if I disable cookies?

To understand the scope that can have disable cookies here are some examples:

 

          • You can not share content from that website on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
          • The website will not be able to adapt the contents to your personal preferences, as usually happens in online stores.
          • You will not be able to access the personal area of that website, such as My account, or My profileor My orders.
          • Online stores: It will be impossible to make online purchases, they will have to be telephone or visiting the physical store if you have it.

 

  • It will not be possible to customize your geographical preferences such as time zone, currency or language.
        • The website will not be able to perform web analytics on visitors and traffic on the web, which will make it difficult for the web to be competitive.
        • You will not be able to write on the blog, you will not be able to upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The web will also not be able to know if you are a human or an automated application that publishes spam.

     

  • It will not be possible to show sectorized advertising, which will reduce the advertising revenue of the web.
        • All social networks use cookies, if you disable them you will not be able to use any social network.

     

Can I delete the cookies?

Yes. Not only delete, but also block, in a general or particular way for a specific domain.

To delete the cookies of a website you must go to the configuration of your browser and there you can search for those associated with the domain in question and proceed to its elimination.

Configuration of cookies for the most popular browsers

Here’s how to access a specificcookie browserChrome . Note: these steps may vary depending on the browser version:

 

          • Go to Settings or Preferences through the File menu or by clicking the customization icon that appears on the top right.

 

  1. You will see different sections, click the option Show advanced options.
  2. Go to Privacy , Content Settings.
        • Select Allcookies and site data .

     

  3. list will appear with allcookies sorted by domain. To make it easier for you to find thecookies of a certain domain enter partially or totally the address in the field Search cookies.
        • After performing this filter, one or more lines will appear on the screen with the ; cookies of the requested website. Now you just have to select it and press theX to proceed with its elimination.

     

    To access the configuration of cookies of the browser Internet Explorer follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):

     

            • Go toTools ,Internet Options
            • Click onPrivacy .

     

    1. Move the slider to adjust the level of privacy you want.To access the configuration of cookies of the browser Firefox follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):
      1. Go to Options orPreferences depending on your operating system.
            • Click onPrivacy .

         

      2. In History choose Use custom settings for history.
            • You will now see the option Accept cookies, you can enable or disable it according to your preferences.

      To access the configuration of cookies of the browser Safari for OSX follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):

      1. Go to Preferences, thenPrivacy.
            • In this place you will see the optionBlock cookies to adjust the type of block you want to perform.

         

      To access the configuration of cookies of the browser Safari for iOS follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):

      1. Go to Settings, then Safari.
      2. Go to Privacy and Security, you will see the option Block cookies to adjust the type of block you want to perform.

      To access the configuration of cookies of the browser for Android devices follow these steps (may vary depending on the version of the browser):

      1. Run the browser and press theMenu key, thenSettings.
      2. Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the option Accept cookies to enable or disable the box.

      To access the configuration of cookies of the browser for devices Windows Phone follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):

      1. OpenInternet Explorer , then More, then Settings
      2. You can now enable or disable the Allow cookiescheckbox.