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 it, cookies have been used for 20 years, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.
Which is not a cookie?
It is not a virus, Trojan, worm, spam, spyware, or pop-up window opener.
What information does a cookie store?
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 web with Firefox or Chrome you will see that the web does not realize that you are the same person because it is actually associating the browser, not the person.
What kind of cookies exist?
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 on the type of navigation you are doing, the sections you use most, products consulted, time of use, language, etc..
• Advertising Cookies: They display advertising based on your navigation, your country of origin, language, etc.
What are first-party and third-party cookies?
Own cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and third party cookies are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Google, etc..
What happens if I disable cookies?
To help you understand the extent to which you can disable cookies, here are some examples:
• You may not share content from that website on Facebook, or any other social network.
• El sitio web no podrá adaptar los contenidos a sus preferencias personales, como suele ocurrir en las tiendas online.
• You will not be able to access the personal area of that website, such as My Account, 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. La web tampoco podrá saber si usted es un humano o una aplicación automatizada que publica 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 disable them you will not be able to use any social network.
cookies can be deleted?
Yes. Not only delete, but also block, in general or particular for a specific domain. To delete cookies from a website, you must go to your browser’s settings and there you can search for those associated with the domain in question and proceed to delete them.
Cookie settings for the most popular browsers
Here’s how to access a particular Chrome browser cookie. Note: These steps may vary depending on your browser version:
• Go to Settings or Preferences via the File menu or by clicking the customization icon in the top right.
• You will see different sections, click on the option Show advanced options.
• Go to Privacy, Content Settings.
• Select All cookies and site data.
• A list of all cookies will appear sorted by domain.
• To make it easier for you to find cookies for a particular domain, enter part or all of the address in the Search cookies field.
• After completing 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 the X to proceed with its deletion. To access the Internet Explorer browser’s cookie settings, follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):
• Go to Tools, Internet Options
• Click on Privacy.
• Move the slider to set the level of privacy you want. To access the Firefox browser’s cookie settings, follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):
• Go to Options or Preferences depending on your operating system.
• Click on Privacy.
• Under History, choose Use custom settings for history.
• You will now see the option to Accept cookies, you can turn it on or off according to your preferences. To access the cookie settings in the Safari for OSX browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):
• Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
• In this place you will see the Block cookies option to adjust the type of blocking you want to perform. To access the cookie settings in the Safari for iOS browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):
• Go to Settings, then Safari.
• Go to Privacy & Security, you will see the Block cookies option for you to adjust the type of blocking you want to perform. To access your browser’s cookie settings for Android devices, follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):
• Run the browser and press the Menu key, then Settings.
• Go to Security & Privacy, you will see the option Accept cookies to check or uncheck the box. To access your browser’s cookie settings for Windows Phone devices, follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):
• Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Settings
• You can now check or uncheck the Allow cookies checkbox