About Cookies
Cookie definition
A cookie is a small safe text file that is stored on your browser when entering almost any web page. Its function is that the web can remember your visit when return to the same page. Cookies are used for more than 20 years ago, when the first browser for the World Wide Web.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is not a malware program or a Trojan, or a virus or a worm, or spam or spyware, or pop open 'pop-up'
What information is in a cookie?
Cookies do not often store sensitive information about you, such as credit card numbers or bank account information, photographs, your ID, VAT or personal information, etc. The data that usually store are technical data, personal preferences such as language, location, personalization of content, etc.
The web server does not associate you as a person if your web browser. In fact, if you usually browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same website with another browser (Firefox or Chrome for example) you could see that the Web does not know that you are the same person because actually been associated with your browser, not you.
What types of cookies are there?
- Technical cookies: These are the most basic and allow, among other things, to know when the one browsing a web is human or an automated application, when an anonymous user navigates or when is a registered one, basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic web.
- Cookies analysis: collect information on the type of navigation is performing, most used sections, reference numbers, time period of use, language, etc.
- Advertising cookies: Show ads based on navigation history, country of origin, language, etc.
What does own cookies and third-party cookies mean?
Party cookies are those generated by the page you're visiting and third are generated by internal or external providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.
What if I turn off cookies?
Disable cookies can cause, among other effects the following behaviors:
- You can not share content from that page to Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
- You can not enter the personal area of the web, such as My Account, or My Profile or My Orders.
- Online stores: It will be impossible to make purchases online, will have to be telephone or by visiting the physical store if there is one.
- The web site will not adapt content to yourIt will not be possible to customize your preferences and geographic location, time zone, currency or language. history or personal preferences, such as in online stores.
- It will not be possible to customize their preferences and geographic location, time zone, currency or language.
- The website can not perform analytical web visitors and traffic on the web, making it difficult that the web is adapted to the use of their visitors.
- You can not write to a blog or upload photos, post comments, evaluate or rate content. The web may not know whether you are a human or an automated application that generates spam.
- No advertising may show sectioned, reducing advertising revenue on the web.
- All social networks use cookies, if disabled can not use any social network.
Can I delete cookies?
Yes. Not only eliminate also block, general or particular to a specific domain.
To remove cookies from a website should go to your browser settings and there you can find the associated domain in question and proceed to its elimination.
Cookie settings for popular browsers
Here's how to access a particular cookie 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 personalization icon that appears top right.
- You see different sections, click the Show Advanced Options.
- Go to Privacy Settings content.
- Select All cookies and site data.
- A list of all cookies ordered by domain appears. To make it easier to find a specific cookie domain partially or completely enter the address in the search field cookies.
- After making this filter will appear on the screen one or more lines with the requested Web cookies. Now just select it and press X to proceed to their elimination.
To access the browser cookie settings Internet Explorer follow these steps (may vary depending on the version of the browser):
- Go to Tools, Internet Options.
- Click Privacy.
- Move the slider to adjust the level of privacy you want.
To access the browser cookie settings Firefox follow these steps (may vary depending on the version of the browser):
- Go to Options or Preferences for your operating system.
- Click Privacy.
- In History choose Use custom settings for history.
- Now you can see the Accept Cookies option, you can activate or deactivate as desired
To access the browser cookie settings Safari (OSX) follow these steps (may vary depending on the version of the browser):
- Go to Settings, then Privacy.
- Here you can see the Block cookies to fit the type of lock to perform.
To access the browser cookie settings Safari (IOS) follow these steps (may vary depending on the version of the browser):
- Go to Settings, then Safari.
- You go to Privacy and Security, see the Block cookies to fit the type of lock to perform.
To access the browser cookie settings Android follow these steps (may vary depending on the version of the browser):
- Run the browser and press Menu, then Settings button.
- Go to security and privacy, see the Accept cookies option to select or deselect the box.
To access the browser cookie settings Window Phone follow these steps (may vary depending on the version of the browser):
- Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Settings.
- Now you can enable or disable the Allow cookies.