Cookies advice
What is a cookie?
A cookieis aharmless text file that is stored on your browser when you visit basically any web page. Cookiesare useful because they allow the website to remember you when you return to that page. Most people don’t know this, but cookies have been in use for 20 years, since the first browsers for the World Wide Web emerged.
What is a cookie NOT?
A cookie is not a virus, Trojan, worm, spam, or spyware, and it doesn’t open pop-up windows.
What information does a cookiestore?
Cookiesdo not usually store sensitive information about you like credit cards, bank details, photographs, your ID numbers, personal information, etc. The data they store is more technical in nature, such as personal preferences, content personalization, etc.
The web server does not identify you as a person but rather 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 identifying the browser, not the person.
What types of cookiesare there?
- Technical cookies: These are the most basic and allow, among other things, to know whether it’s a human or automated application browsing and when the user browsing is anonymous or a registered user, which are the basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic web.
- Cookies de análisis: Recogen información sobre el tipo de navegación que está realizando, las secciones que más utiliza, productos consultados, franja horaria de uso, idioma, etc.
- Cookies publicitarias: Muestran publicidad en función de su navegación, su país de procedencia, idioma, etc.
What are “own” and “third-party” cookies?
“Own” cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting, and “third-party” cookiesare those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.
What happens if I disable the cookies?
To help you understand the scope of the implications of disabling cookies, we will show you some examples:
- You won’t be able to share content from that website to Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media network.
- The website will not be able to adapt its content to your personal preferences, as is often the case with online stores.
- You won’t be able to access the personal area of that website, such as My Account, My Profile, or My Orders.
- Online shops: It will be impossible for you to make purchases online. You’ll have to make them over the phone or by visiting the physical store, if there is one near you.
- You won’t be able 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. This will make it difficult for the website to be competitive.
- You won’t be able to write anything on the blog, upload photos, post comments, write reviews, or rate content. Also, the web page will not be able to tell whether you are a human or an automated spamming application.
- Targeted advertising cannot be displayed, which will reduce the site’s advertising revenue.
- All social networks use cookies, so if you disable them you won’t be able to use any social media network.
Can cookies bedeleted?
Yes. Not only can you delete them, you can also block them, either in general for everything or for a particular domain.
To delete cookiesfrom a website, go to your browser settings; there, you can search for the ones associated with the domain in question and delete them.
Cookie settings for the most popular browsers.
A continuación le indicamos cómo acceder a una cookie determinada del navegador Chrome. Note: these steps may vary depending on your browser version:
- Go to Settings or Preferences using the File drop-down menu or by clicking on the customization icon at 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 thecookies will appear, sorted by domain. To make it easier to find the cookies for a particular domain, enter either part of or the entire address in the Find Cookies field.
- After using this filter, one or more lines with the cookiesfor the requested website will appear on the screen. Now you just need to select it and click on the X to delete it.
To access the cookie settings on the Internet Explorer browser, follow these steps (which may vary depending on your browser version):
- Go to Tools, Internet Options.
- Click on Privacy.
- Move the slider to set the desired privacy level.
To access the cookie settings on the Firefox browser, follow these steps (which 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 should now see the option Accept cookies, which you can enable or disable according to your preferences.
To access the cookie settings on the Safari browser for OS X, follow these steps (which may vary depending on your browser version):
- Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
- Here you will see the option Block cookies, which you can use to adjust the type of blocking you want to set.
To access the cookie settings on the Safari browser for iOS, follow these steps (which may vary depending on your browser version):
- Go to Settings, then Safari.
- Go to Privacy and Security. Here you will see the option Block cookies, which you can use to adjust the type of blocking you want to set.
To access the cookiesettings on the browser for Androiddevices, follow these steps (which may vary depending on your browser version):
- Launch the browser and press the Menu key, thenSettings.
- Go to Security and Privacy, and you will see the option Accept cookies. You can check or uncheck the box.
To access the cookie settings on the browser for Windows Phone devices, follow these steps (which may vary depending on your browser version):
- Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Settings.
- You can now check or uncheck the Allow cookies box.
