What is a cookie?
A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any website. The usefulness of the cookie is that the website is able to remember your visit when you browse that page again. Although many people do not know it, cookies have been used for 20 years, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.
What IS NOT a cookie?
It is not a virus, nor a Trojan, nor a worm, nor spam, nor spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.
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 customization, etc.
The web server does not associate you as a person but with your web browser. In fact, if you usually 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 it is actually associating the browser, not the person.
What type of cookies exist?
Technical cookies: They are the most basic 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 website.
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?
So that you understand the scope that disabling cookies can have, we show you some examples:
Can cookies be deleted?
Yes. Not only delete, but also block, in a general or particular way for a specific domain.
To delete cookies from a website you must go to your browser 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 specific Chrome browser cookie . Note: These steps may vary depending on the browser version:
To access the cookie settings of the Internet Explorer browser , follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
To access the cookie settings of the Firefox browser , follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for OSX, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for iOS, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
To access the browser cookie settings for Android devices , follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
To access browser cookie settings for Windows Phone devices , follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
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