What is a cookie?
A cookie harmless text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. The usefulness of the cookie is that the web is able to remember its visit when it sails again that page. Although many people do not know cookies have been using 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 open pop-up windows.
What information stores a cookie ?
Cookies as credit cards or bank data, photographs, your DNI or personal information, etc. The data they keep are technical, personal preferences, content customization, etc.
The web server does not associate you as a person if not your web browser. In fact, if you usually sail with Internet Explorer and try to navigate the same website 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 kind of cookies exist?
- Cookies : They are the most elementary and allow, among other things, to know when you are sailing an automated human or application, when an anonymous and one registered user sails, basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic website.
- Analysis cookies
- cookies : They show advertising based on their navigation, their country of origin, language, etc.
What are their own and third -party cookies
The own cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and those of third parties are generated by external services or suppliers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.
What happens if you disable cookies ?
To understand the scope that cookies we show some examples:
- You cannot share content from that website on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
- The website will not be able to adapt the contents to their personal preferences, as usually happens in online stores.
- You will not be able to access the personal area of that website, such as my account , or my profile or my orders .
- Online stores: it will be impossible to make online purchases, they will have to be telephone or visiting the physical store if it has it.
- It will not be possible to customize their geographical preferences such as time strip, currency or language.
- The website will not be able to perform web analytics on visitors and traffic on the web, which will make it difficult for the website to be competitive.
- You cannot write on the blog, you can not upload photos, publish comments, value or score content. The web will not be able to know if you are a human or an automated application published by Spam .
- Sectorized advertising cannot be shown, which will reduce the advertising income of the web.
- All social networks use cookies , if they deactivate them, you will not be able to use any social network.
Can cookies ?
Yes. Not only delete, but also block, in general or particular for a specific domain.
To eliminate cookies from a website you must go to the configuration of your browser and there you can look for those associated with the domain in question and proceed to its elimination.
Cookies configuration for more polular browsers
Next we indicate how to access a specific cookie Chrome . Note: These steps may vary depending on the browser version:
- Go to configuration or preferences using the file or clicking the customization icon that appears up to the right.
- You will see different sections, click the Show advanced options .
- Go to privacy , content configuration .
- Select all cookies and sites data .
- A list will appear with all cookies ordered by domain. So that it is easier to find cookies of a certain domain partially or totally enter the address in the search field cookies .
- After performing this filter one or several lines with the cookies of the web requested will appear on the screen. Now you just have to select it and press the X to proceed to your elimination.
Internet Explorer cookies configuration follow these steps (they can vary depending on the browser version):
- Go to tools , Internet options
- Click on privacy .
- Move the slider to adjust the level of privacy you want.
Firefox browser cookies configuration follow these steps (they can vary depending on the browser version):
- Go to options or preferences according to your operating system.
- Click on privacy .
- In history, choose to use a personalized configuration for history .
- OK Cookies option , you can activate or deactivate it according to your preferences.
To access the cookies safari browser follow these steps (they can vary depending on the browser version):
- Go to preferences , then privacy .
- In this place you will see the Block Cookies to adjust the type of block you want to perform.
To access the cookies safari browser follow these steps (they can vary depending on the browser version):
- Go to settings , then safari .
- Go to privacy and safety Block Cookies option to adjust the type of block you want to perform.
browser cookies configuration Android follow these steps (they can vary depending on the browser version):
- Execute the browser and press the menu , then settings .
- Go to safety and privacy accept cookies option to activate or deactivate the box.
To access the browser cookies Windows Phone , follow these steps (they can vary depending on the browser version):
- Overflower explorer , then more , then configuration
- Now you can activate or deactivate the allow cookies .
