A cookie<\/em> is a harmless<\/b> text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. The purpose of the cookie<\/em> is that the website is able to remember your visit when you return to that page. Although many people don’t know it, cookies<\/em> have been used for 20 years, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.<\/p>\n It is not a virus, nor a trojan, nor a worm, nor spam, nor spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.<\/p>\n Cookies<\/em> 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, content customization, etc.<\/p>\n The web server does not associate you as a person but your web browser. In fact, if you regularly 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 you are actually associating the browser, not the person.<\/p>\n Analysis <\/p>\n Advertising <\/p>\n The own cookies<\/em> are those generated by the page you are visiting and the third-party cookies<\/em> are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.<\/p>\n To understand the scope that deactivating cookies<\/em> can have, we show you some examples:<\/p>\n Yes. Not only delete, but also block, in a general or particular way for a specific domain.<\/p>\n To delete cookies<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n Here’s how to access a specific cookie<\/em> from the Chrome<\/b> browser. Note: these steps may vary depending on the browser version:<\/p>\n To access the cookies<\/em> configuration of the Internet Explorer<\/b> browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):<\/p>\n To access the cookies<\/em> configuration of the Firefox<\/b> browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):<\/p>\n To access the cookies<\/em> settings of the Safari for OSX<\/b> browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):<\/p>\n To access the cookies<\/em> settings of the Safari for iOS<\/b> browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):<\/p>\n To access the browser’s cookies<\/em> settings for Android<\/b> devices, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):<\/p>\nWhat IS NOT a cookie?<\/h2>\n
What information does a cookie<\/em> store?<\/h2>\n
What kinds of cookies<\/em> are there?<\/h2>\n
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What are first-party cookies<\/em> and those of third parties?<\/h2>\n
What happens if I disable cookies<\/em>?<\/h2>\n
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Can cookies<\/em> be deleted?<\/h2>\n
Settings of cookies<\/em> for the most popular browsers<\/h2>\n
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