A cookie is a harmless text file 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 return to browse that page. Although many people do not know it, cookies have been in use for 20 years, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.<\/p>\n
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It’s not a virus, or a Trojan horse, or a worm, or spam, or spyware, or pop-up windows.<\/p>\n
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Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit cards or bank details, photographs, your ID card or personal information, etc. The data they store are technical, personal preferences, content customization, etc.<\/p>\n
The web server does not associate you as a person but rather with your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse Internet Explorer and try browsing the same web with Firefox or Chrome you will see that the web doesn’t realize that you are the same person because you are actually associating the browser, not the person.<\/p>\n
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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 is browsing, basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic web.
\nAnalysis Cookies: They gather information about the type of navigation you are making, the sections that you use the most, the products consulted, the time zone of use, language, etc.
\nAdvertising cookies: They display advertising according to your browsing, your country of origin, language, etc.<\/p>\n
Your own cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and those of third parties are those generated by external services or suppliers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc..<\/p>\n
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To help you understand the extent to which you can disable cookies, here are a few examples:<\/p>\n
You may not share content from that site on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
\nThe website will not be able to adapt the content to your personal preferences, as is often the case in online shops.
\nYou will not be able to access the personal area of that website, such as My Account, My Profile or My Orders.
\nOnline shops: You will be unable to make online purchases, they will have to be telephone or visiting the physical store if you have it.
\nIt will not be possible to customize your geographical preferences such as time zone, currency or language.
\nThe 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.
\nYou will not be able to post on the blog, upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. Nor will the web be able to tell whether you are a human or an automated application that posts spam.
\nIt will not be possible to show sector advertising, which will reduce the advertising revenue of the website.
\nAll social networks use cookies, if you disable them you will not be able to use any social network.<\/p>\n
Yeah. Yeah. Not only remove, but also block, in a general or particular way for a specific domain.<\/p>\n
To delete cookies from a website, you must go to the settings of your browser and there you can search for those associated with the domain in question and proceed to delete them.<\/p>\n
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Here’s how to access a specific cookie from your Chrome browser. Note: These steps may vary depending on the browser version:<\/p>\n
Go to Settings or Preferences via the File menu or by clicking on the customization icon at the top right.
\nYou will see different sections, click the Show advanced options option.
\nGo to Privacy, Content Settings.
\nSelect All cookies and site data.
\nA listing of all cookies sorted by domain will appear. To make it easier for you to find cookies for a particular domain, enter the address partially or completely in the Search for cookies field.
\nAfter performing this filter, one or more lines will appear on screen with the cookies of the requested website. Now just select it and press the X key to delete it.
\nTo access your Internet Explorer browser’s cookie settings, follow these steps (these may vary depending on your browser version):<\/p>\n
Go to Tools, Internet Options
\nClick on Privacy.
\nMove the slider until the desired privacy level is set.
\nTo access your Firefox browser’s cookie settings, follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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