what is a cookie?
A cookie is a text file harmless that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. The utility of the cookie is that the web is able to remember your visit when you return to browse that page. Although many people don't know cookies have been used for a long time 20 years, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.
What IS NOT a cookie?
It's not a virus, not a trojan, not a worm, is spam, ni spyware, does not open pop-up windows.
What information does a cookie?
Las 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 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 regularly browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same website with Firefox or Chrome, you will see that the website does not realize that you are the same person because you are actually associating the browser, not the person.
What kind of cookies exist?
- Cookies techniques: They are the most basic and allow, among other things, know when a human or an automated application is browsing, when an anonymous user and a registered user browse, Basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic web.
- Cookies analysis: They collect information about the type of browsing you are doing, the sections you use the most, consulted products, time slot of use, language, etc.
- Cookies advertising: They display advertising based on your browsing, your country of origin, language, etc.
What are the cookies own and those of third parties?
Las proprietary cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and the from third parties are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.
What happens if I disable the cookies?
So that you understand the scope that deactivating the cookies we show you some examples:
- You will not be able to 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 it usually happens in online stores.
- You will not be able to access the personal area of that website, for example My account, o My profile o My orders.
- Online stores: It will be impossible for you to shop online, They will have to be 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 slot, divide the language.
- The website will not be able to perform web analytics on visitors and web traffic, which will make it difficult for the web to be competitive.
- You will not be able to blog, you will not be able to upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The web will not be able to know if 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 web.
- All social networks use cookies, if you deactivate them you will not be able to use any social network.
Can you remove the cookies?
Yeah. not just delete, also block, in a general or particular way for a specific domain.
To remove 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 their elimination.
configuration of cookies for the most popular browsers
Here's how to access a cookie browser determined Chrome. Use: these steps may vary depending on the browser version:
- Go to Settings or Preferences through the File menu or by clicking the personalization icon that appears at the top right.
- You will see different sections, click the option show advanced options.
- Go to Privacy, content settings.
- Select All cookies and site data.
- A list will appear with all cookies sorted by domain. To make it easier for you to find the cookies of a certain domain enter partially or totally the address in the field search cookies.
- After carrying out this filter, one or more lines will appear on the screen with the cookies of the requested website. Now you only have to select it and press the X to proceed with its deletion.
To access the settings cookies of the browser Internet Explorer follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
- Go to Tools, Internet Options
- Click on Privacy.
- Move the slider to set the level of privacy you want.
To access the settings cookies of the browser Firefox follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
- Go to Options o preferences according to your operating system.
- Click on Privacy.
- In Record choose Use custom settings for history.
- You will now see the option Aceptar cookies, you can activate or deactivate it according to your preferences.
To access the settings cookies of the browser Safari for OSX follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
- Go to preferences, then Privacy.
- In this place you will see the option block cookies for you to set the type of lock you want to perform.
To access the settings cookies of the browser Safari for iOS follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
- Go to Settings, then Safari.
- Go to Privacy & Security, you will see the option block cookies for you to set the type of lock you want to perform.
To access the settings cookies browser for devices Android follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
- Launch the browser and press the key Menu, then Settings.
- Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the option Aceptar cookies to activate or deactivate the box.
To access the settings cookies browser for devices Windows Phone follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
- Abra Internet Explorer, then Further, then Setting
- Now you can check or uncheck the box allow cookies.
