What is a cookie?

cookie is a text file harmless is stored in your browser when you visit almost any website. The usefulness of the cookie is the site is able to remember his visit when he returns to browse this page. Although many people do not know the cookies have been around for 20 years, when they appeared the first browser for the World Wide Web.

is not a cookie?

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

What information stores a cookie ?

cookies do not often store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or bank details, photographs, their identity card or personal information, etc. The data are stored technical, personal preferences, personalization of content, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person if your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the website with Firefox or Chrome will not realize that the website is the same person that you are actually associating the browser, not the person.

What kind of cookies has?

• cookies techniques: They are the most elementary and allow, among other things, to know when browsing a human or an automated application when a user navigates an anonymous user, the basic tasks for running any dynamic website.
• cookies Analysis: collect information on the type of navigation is performing, most used sections, products viewed, time period of use, language, etc.
• cookies advertising: display advertising based on their browsing, its country of origin, language, etc.

What are cookies own and third parties?

own cookies are generated by the page you're visiting and third are generated services or external providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.

What happens if I disable the cookies ?

To understand the scope may have to disable cookies show you some examples:

• You can not share this site on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
• The site can not adapt content to their personal preferences, as often happens in online stores.
• You can not access the personal area of ​​this website, such as My account or My Profile or My orders .
• Online Shops: It will be impossible to make purchases online, will be calling or visiting the physical store if they have it.
• It will not be possible to customize their geographic preferences as time zone, currency or language.
• The site may not realize about web analytics and visitor traffic to the website, which hinder the competitive web.
• Can not write the blog, you can not upload photos, post comments, evaluate or rate content. The website can not know whether you are a human or an automated application published spam .
• You may not display advertising sectioned, which reduced advertising revenue on the web.
• All social networks use cookies if the disabled can not use any social network.

You can remove the cookies ?

Yes. Not only eliminate also blocked, either general or specific to a specific domain.

To delete the cookies a website must go to the configuration of your browser and there will look for the associated domain name and proceed to its elimination.

Settings cookies for browsers polulares

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

1. Go to Settings and Preferences File menu or by clicking on the icon customization shown above right.
2. You will see different sections, please click the Show advanced options .
3. Go to Privacy , Content Settings .
4. Select all cookies and site data .
5. displayed a list of all the cookies ordered by domain. Because it is easier to find the cookies for a particular domain partially or completely enter the address in the Search cookies .
6. With this filter will display one or more lines in the cookies site requested. Now simply select it and press the X to proceed to its elimination.

To access the settings for cookies browser Internet Explorer do the following (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 settings for cookies browser Firefox do the following (may vary depending on the version of the browser):

1. Go to Options or Preferences as its operating system.
2. Click Privacy .
3. History choose Use custom settings for history .
4. You will now see the Accept cookies , you can turn it on or off according to your preferences.

To access the settings for cookies browser Safari OSX do the following (may vary depending on the version of the browser):

1. Go to Preferences after Privacy .
2. On this site you will see the Block cookies to adjust the type of block you want to do.

To access the settings for cookies browser Safari for iOS do the following (may vary depending on the version of the browser):

1. Go to Settings after Safari .
2. Go to Privacy and Security , you will see the Block cookies to adjust the type of block you want to do.

To access the settings for cookies Browser Device Android do the following (may vary depending on the version of the browser):

1. Run the browser and press Menu after Settings .
2. Go to Security & Privacy , you will see the Accept cookies to select or clear the box.

To access the settings for cookies Browser Device Windows Phone do the following (may vary depending on the version of the browser):

1. Open Internet Explorer after more after Settings
2. You can now enable or disable the Allow cookies .