Más información sobre las cookies

What is a cookie?

A cookie It is a text file harmless that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. The usefulness of the cookie is that the website is able to remember your visit when you browse that page again. Although many people don't know it, cookies They have been used for 20 years, since the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.

What IS NOT a cookie?

It is not a virus, a Trojan, a worm, spam, spyware, or a pop-up window.

What information does a cookie?

The cookies They do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit cards or bank details, photographs, your ID or personal information, etc. The data they do store is of a technical nature, personal preferences, content customization, etc.

The web server doesn't associate you as a person, but rather with your web browser. In fact, if you normally browse with Internet Explorer and try browsing the same website with Firefox or Chrome, you'll see that the website doesn't recognize you as the same person because it's actually associating the browser, not the person.

What kind of cookies do they exist?

Cookies Techniques: These 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.
Cookies Analytics: They collect information about the type of browsing you are doing, the sections you use most, products viewed, time of use, language, etc.
Cookies Advertising: They show advertising based on your browsing, your country of origin, language, etc.

What are the cookies own and those of third parties?

The own cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and from third parties are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.

What happens if I turn off the cookies?

So that you understand the scope that disabling the cookies We show you some examples:

You may not share content from that website on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social network.
The website will not be able to adapt its content to your personal preferences, as is often the case with online stores.
You will not be able to access the personal area of that website, such as My account, either My profile either My orders.
Online stores: You won't be able to make purchases online; you'll have to make them by phone or visit a physical store, if one is available.
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, upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The website will also not be able to tell if you are a human or an automated application posting content. spam.
Targeted advertising will not be displayed, which will reduce the website's advertising revenue.
All social networks use cookiesIf you disable them, you will not be able to use any social networks.

Can the cookies?

Yes. Not only deletion, but also blocking, either generally or specifically for a specific domain.

To remove the 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.

Configuration of cookies for the most popular browsers

Here's how to access one cookie browser specific Chrome. Note: These steps may vary depending on your browser version:

Go to Settings or Preferences via the File menu or by clicking the Personalization icon in the top right corner.
You will see different sections, click on the option Show advanced options.
Go to Privacy, Content settings.
Select All the cookies and site data.
A list will appear with all the cookies sorted by domain. To make it easier for you to find the cookies of a given domain, enter the address partially or completely in the field Search cookies.
After applying 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 elimination.

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

Go to Tools, Internet Options
Click on Privacy.
Move the slider to the desired privacy level.

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

Go to Options either Preferences depending on your operating system.
Click on Privacy.
In Record choose Use custom settings for history.
Now you will see the option Accept cookies, you can turn it on or off according to your preferences.

To access the settings of cookies from the browser Safari for OSX follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
In this place you will see the option Block cookies to adjust the type of lock you want to perform.

To access the settings of cookies from the browser Safari for iOS follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

Go to Settings, then Safari.
Go to Privacy and Security, you will see the option Block cookies to adjust the type of lock you want to perform.

To access the settings of cookies from the browser for devices Android follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

Run the browser and press the key Menu, then Settings.
Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the option Accept cookies to check or uncheck the box.

To access the settings of cookies from the browser for devices Windows Phone follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):