What is a cookie?

A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. The utility of the cookie is that the website is able to remember your visit when you browse this 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 save is of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalization of content, etc.

The web server is not associated with you as a person but with your web browser. In fact, if you normally 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 with the browser, not with the person.

What kind of cookies are there?

Technical cookies: They are the most elementary 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.
Analysis cookies: They collect information about the type of browsing you are doing, the sections you use the most, products consulted, time slot of use, language, etc.
Advertising cookies: They show advertising depending on your navigation, your country of origin, language, etc.
What are own 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, Twitter, Google, etc.

What happens if I disable cookies?

So that you understand the scope that deactivating cookies can have, we show you some examples:

• You will not be able to share the contents of this website on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
• The website will not be able to adapt the contents to your personal preferences, as usually happens in online stores.
• You will not be able to access the personal area of this website, such as my account, or my profile or my orders.
• Online stores: It will be impossible for you to make purchases online, they will have to be done by phone or by visiting the physical store if it has one.
• It will not be possible 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, which will make it difficult for the website to be competitive.
• You will not be able to write on the blog, you will not be able to upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The web will also not be able to tell if you are a human or an automated application that publishes spam.
• You will not be able to display segmented advertising, which will reduce the advertising revenue of the web.
• All social networks use cookies, if you disable them you will not be able to use any social network.

Can cookies be removed?

Yes. Not only remove, also block, generally or specifically 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 with their deletion.

Cookie settings for the most popular browsers

Here’s how to access a particular cookie from the Chrome browser. Note: These steps may vary depending on your browser version:

1. Go to Settings or Preferences via the File menu or by clicking the Personalization icon in the top right.
2. You will see different sections, tap the option Show advanced options.
3. Go to Privacy, Content Settings.
4. Select All cookies and site data.
5. A list will appear with all the cookies sorted by domain. To make it easier for you to find the cookies of a certain domain, enter part or all of the address in the Search cookies field.
6. After carrying out this filter, one or more lines will appear on the screen with the cookies of the requested website. Now you just have to select it and press the X to proceed with its removal.

To access the cookie settings of the Internet Explorer browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):

1. Go to Tools, Internet Options
2. Click Privacy.
3. Move the slider to adjust the level of privacy you want.

To access the cookie settings of the Firefox browser follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):

1. Go to Options or Preferences depending on your operating system.
2. Click Privacy.
3. Under History choose Use a custom setting for history.
4. Now you will see