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 website is able to remember your visit when you return to that page. Although many people do not know it, 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, Trojan, worm, spam, spyware, or pop-up window opener.

What information does a cookiestore?

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

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

What kind ofcookies are there?

• Technical Cookies:These are the most elementary 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 web.
• Analysis Cookies:Collect information about the type of browsing you are doing, the sections you use the most, products consulted, time of use, language, etc.
• Advertising Cookies:They show advertising based on your browsing, your country of origin, language, etc.

What are cookies and third party cookies?

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

What happens if I disable cookies?

In order for you to understand the extent to which disabling cookies can have we show you some examples:

• You may 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 is often the case with online stores.
• You will not be able to access the personal area of that website, such as My Account, or My profile or My orders.
• Online stores: It will be impossible for you to make purchases online, you will have to make them by phone or by visiting the physical store if you have one.
• It will not be possible to customize your geographic preferences such as time zone, currency or language.
• The website will not be able to perform web analytics on visitors and web traffic, which will make it difficult for the website to be competitive.
• You will not be able to write on the blog, upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The web will also not be able to tell whether you are a human or an automated application that publishes spam.
• It will not be possible to display sectorized advertising, which will reduce the advertising revenue of the site.
• All social networks use cookies. If you deactivate them, you will not be able to use any social network.

Can you delete cookies?

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

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

Cookies settings or the most popular browsers

Here’s how to access a cookie in the browser Chrome. Note: these steps may vary depending on the browser version:

1. Go to Settings or Preferences via the File menu or by clicking on the customization icon at the top right.
2. You will see different sections, click on the option Show advanced options.
3. Go to Privacy, Content Settings.
4. Select All cookies and site data.
5. A list of all cookies will be displayed sorted by domain. To make it easier for you to find the cookies for a given domain, enter part or all of the address in the field Search for cookies.
6. After performing this filter, one or more lines with the cookies will appear on the screen.  of the requested website. Now all you have to do is select it and press the X to proceed to its elimination.

To access your browser’s cookie settings Internet Explorer follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

1. Go to Tools, Internet Options
2. Click on Privacy.
3. Move the slider to set the desired privacy level.

To access your browser’s cookie settings Firefox follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

1. Go to Options or Preferences depending on your operating system.
2. Click on Privacy.
3. At History choose Use custom settings for history.
4. Now you will see the option Accept cookies You can activate or deactivate it according to your preferences.

To access your browser’s cookie settings Safari for OSX follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

1. Go to Preferencesthen Privacy.
2. Here you will see the option Block cookies so that you can adjust the type of blocking you wish to perform.

To access your browser’s cookie settings in Safari for iOS follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

1. Go to Settings then Safari.
2. Go to Privacy and Security you will see the option Block cookies so that you can adjust the type of blocking you want to do.

To access your browser cookies settings for Android follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

1. Launch the browser and press the Menu key, then Settings.
2. Go to Security and Privacy you will see the option Accept cookies to enable or disable the checkbox.

To access your browser cookies settings for Windows Phone follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

1. Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Settings
2. You can now check or uncheck the Allow cookies.