What is a cookie ?

A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any website. The value of the cookie is that the web is able to remember your visit when you return to browse this page. Although many people do not know the cookies have been in use for 20 years , when the first browsers for the World Wide Web .

What is NOT a cookie ?

It is not a virus or a Trojan or a worm, no spam, no spyware , no pop -up window opens .

What information do you store a cookie ?

Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you such as credit card or bank account information , photos , your ID or personal information, etc. . The data stored are technical , personal preferences, content personalization , etc. .

The web server will not associate you as a person if your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same web 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 are there?
• technical Cookies : These are the most basic and allow, among other things , knowing when a human is sailing or an automated application , when an anonymous user navigates and one registered basic tasks for running any dynamic web .
• Cookies analysis : collect information on the type of navigation being carried , the sections you use most , viewed products , times of use , language, etc. .
• Cookies advertising : show advertising based on browsing, their country of origin , language, etc. .

What are cookies and own the third ?

Party cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and the third is generated by internal or external providers such as Facebook , Twitter, Google , etc. .

What happens if you disable cookies?

To understand the scope may have to disable cookies shows some examples:
• You can not share content of this site on Facebook , Twitter or any other social network.
• The web site will not adapt content to your personal preferences , as often happens in online stores .
• You can not access the staff area of ​​that site , such as My Account, or Me or My orders .
• Online Shops: It will be impossible to make purchases online, phone or will be visiting the physical store if they have one.
• You can not customize your geographic preferences as time zone, currency or language.
• The web site will not perform web analytics on visitors and web traffic , making it difficult to be competitive anywhere .
• You can not blogging , you can not upload pictures , post comments , rate or rate content . The web may not know whether you are a human or an automated application that publishes spam.
• No advertising may show sectioned , reducing the income of the website.
• All social networks use cookies, if you disable may not use any social network.

Can I delete cookies ?

Yes No only remove , also block , general or particular to a specific domain.

To remove cookies from a Web site should go to your browser settings and there you can find the associated domain in question and proceed with removal.

Setting cookies for the browsers polulares

Here’s how to access a particular cookie Chrome browser . Note: these steps may vary depending on the version of the browser:
1.Go to Settings or Preferences by right clicking the icon customization that appears at the top right or File menu .
2.Verá different sections, you click on Show advanced options.
3.Go to Privacy Content Settings .
4.Select All cookies and site data .
5.The lists all cookies ordered by domain. To make it easier to find the cookies of a given domain partially or fully enter the address in the search field cookies.
6.Tras make this filter onscreen one or more lines with the requested Web cookies . Now just select it and press X to proceed with removal.

To access the cookie settings in Internet Explorer follow these steps ( may vary depending on your browser version ) :
1.Go to Tools , Internet Options
2.Click on Privacy.
3.Move the slider to adjust the level of privacy you want.

To access the settings of Firefox browser cookies follow these steps ( may vary depending on your browser version ) :
1.Go to Options or Preferences for your operating system .
2.Click on Privacy.
3.The History choose Use custom settings for history .
4.You will see the Accept Cookies option, you can turn on or off according to your preference .

To access the cookie settings for OSX Safari browser follow these steps (may vary depending on your browser version ) :
1.Go to Settings, then Privacy.
2.On this place you will see Block cookies to fit the type of lock you want to perform .

To access the cookie settings for iOS Safari browser follow these steps (may vary depending on your browser version ) :
1.Go to Settings, then Safari.
2.Go to Privacy & Security , see the Block cookies to fit the type of lock you want to perform .

To access the browser’s cookie settings to Android devices follow these steps ( may vary depending on your browser version ) :
1.Run the browser and press Menu, then Settings button.
2.Go to Security and Privacy , see the Accept cookies option to select or clear the check box.

To access the browser cookie settings to Windows Phone devices follow these steps ( may vary depending on your browser version ) :
1.Open Internet Explorer , then More , then Settings
2.Now can enable or disable the Allow cookies check box.