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 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 that Cookies have been in use for 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, no spam, no spyware, no pop-up windows.
What information is stored in a Cookie?
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 do store is of a technical nature, personal preferences, content personalization, etc.
The Web server does not associate you as a person if not your Web browser. In fact, if you surf regularly with Internet Explorer and try to navigate 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 do they exist?
- Cookies technical: 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 is browsing and when a registered user is browsing, basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic web.
- Cookies analysis: They collect information on the type of navigation you are doing, the sections you use most, products consulted, time of use, language, etc..
- Cookies advertising: They display advertising based on your navigation, your country of origin, language, etc.
What are the Cookies and those of third parties?
The Own cookies are the ones generated by the page you are visiting and the ones generated by the page you are visiting and the ones generated by the page you are visiting and the ones generated by the page you are visiting. of third parties are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.
What happens if I deactivate the Cookies?
In order for you to understand the extent to which you can deactivate the Cookies here are some examples:
- You will not be able to share content on 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 usually the case in online stores.
- You will not be able to access the personal area of that web site, such as My Account, o My profile o My orders.
- Online Stores: It will be impossible to make online purchases, you will have to be telephone or visiting the physical store if you have it.
- You will not be able to customize your geographical preferences as a time slot, currency or language.
- The website will not be able to perform web analytics on visitors and traffic on the web, making it difficult for the web to be competitive.
- You will not be able to write on the blog, upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The website will not be able to know if you are a human or an automated application that publishes content. Spam.
- Sectioned advertising will not be displayed, which will reduce the web's advertising revenues.
- All social networks use Cookies, if you turn them off, you won't be able to use any social networks.
Is it possible to eliminate the Cookies?
Yes. Not only delete, also block, in general or particular form for a specific domain.
To eliminate the Cookies If you do not have a domain name, you should go to your browser settings and there you can search for those associated with the domain in question and proceed to delete them.
Configuration of Cookies for the most popular browsers
Here is how to access a Cookie determined by the browser Chrome. Note: These steps may vary depending on the browser version:
- Go to settings or preferences using the File menu, or by clicking the customization icon above the right.
- You will see different sections, click on the option Show advanced Options.
- Go to Privacy, Content Settings.
- Select All the Cookies and site data.
- A list will appear with all the Cookies 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 Find cookies.
- After performing this filter, one or more lines will appear on the screen with the Cookies of the requested website. Now all you have to do is select it and click the X to proceed to its elimination.
To access the configuration of Cookies of the browser Internet Explorer follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
- Go to Tools, Internet Options
- Click on Privacy.
- Move the slider to the desired level of privacy.
To access the configuration of Cookies of the browser Firefox follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
- Go to Options o Preferences depending on your operating system.
- Click on Privacy.
- At History choose Use a custom setting for the history.
- Now you will see the option Accept Cookies, you can turn it on or off 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 browser version):
- Go to Preferencesthen Privacy.
- Here you will see the option Block cookies to set the type of blocking you wish to perform.
To access the configuration of Cookies of the browser Safari for iOS follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
- Go to Settingsthen Safari.
- Go to Privacy and securityyou will see the option Block cookies to set the type of blocking you wish to perform.
To access the configuration of Cookies of the browser for devices Android follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
- Launch the browser and press the Menuthen Settings.
- Go to Security and privacyyou will see the option Accept Cookies to check or uncheck the box.
To access the configuration of Cookies of the browser for devices Windows Phone follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
- Open Internet Explorerthen Morethen Configuration
- You can now check or uncheck the Allow cookies.